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Reorganising Libya's National Water Resources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

J. A. Allan
J. A. Allan*
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies
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Abstract

Libya's further economic development depends on the careful use of its coastal aquifers and the economic exploitation of the substantial but remote groundwater resources of the south. The former have been seriously impaired by over-use and the Libyan government has decided to assure water supplies for agriculture, industry and for urban use by moving up to 3 km3 per year of fossil groundwater to the Gulf of Surt and later to the Gefara Plain. The article discusses the scope and significance of the plans and comments on the agricultural implications and the likely ultimate use of the water.

Type
Short Articles and Notes
Information
Libyan Studies , Volume 15 , 1984 , pp. 153 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1984

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References

Allan, J. A. 1985. Should Libyan agriculture absorb more investment? In Buru, M. M., Ghanem, S. and McLachlan, K. S., Economic development of modern Libya, forthcoming.Google Scholar
Latham, J. S., Allan, J. A. and McLachlan, K. S. 1981. Monitoring the extent of irrigated land on the Gefara Plain, FAO for The Secretariat of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Tripoli.Google Scholar