Rehabilitation of well 9 feeding Palmyra orchards

The Directorate of Water Resources in Homs completed the rehabilitation and restoration of well 9 that feeds the orchards of Palmyra, which was sabotaged as a result of the attacks of the terrorist organization “ISIS”.

The Director of Water Resources in Homs, Ismail Ismail, said in a statement to SANA that Well 9 feeds palm and olive trees in Palmyra oasis. It pumps 100 liters per second, and its cost amounted to 28 million Syrian pounds. The well was put in work after making sure that the required experiments were carried out on it and that its water reached the required area

Ismail pointed out that the work included installing a pump, repairing pipes for drawing water to the high tank, which is about 200 meter-long, in addition to replacing electrical panels, installing cables, an electrical transmission center, and building special rooms for administrators and guards.

Ismail noted that the Directorate has a future plan to develop the irrigation network and replace the exposed waterways with buried pipes after the study became ready for this purpose.

Inas Abdulakreem