Syria Commissions Irrigation Project

Syria has commissioned the 6th Section Irrigation Project in the lower Euphrates Basin in Deir Ezzor, built at a cost of SYP5bn ($104m).

The project comprises two water-pumping stations at a flow rate of 17m³ per second, a channel connecting the two stations, a 10km-long main channel, a transfer station and power-transfer networks.

The project also includes 500km of irrigation and sewer networks along the project area, according to zawya.com.

The irrigation network will irrigate about 11,603ha of land to support food security, lower the level of underground water, reclaim saline lands and increase agricultural productivity.