Raqqa Water Establishment: water turbidity increases due to declining Euphrates level
Water turbidity has increased in Raqqa canton due to the decline in the Euphrates River's level, reaching 5% according to the Water Unit's gauge. In light of this, the Water Directorate is taking the necessary measures.
The Euphrates River is suffering from a decline in its water level, especially in Lake Euphrates, where the lake's level has dropped by 6 meters, leading to turbidity in drinking water. Accordingly, the Raqqa City Water Unit has taken appropriate measures to address this turbidity.
Raqqa city and a large part of its countryside depend on water from the Euphrates River, which is pumped to water pumping stations for distribution to the city's network after desalination.
According to the co-chair of the Raqqa Water Directorate, Engineer Hussein al-Jarjab, the Euphrates River is experiencing a significant decline in its water level, which has directly impacted the quality of drinking water in Raqqa city, as turbidity has increased in the water supplied to homes.
The Turkish occupation authorities have continued to block the Euphrates River since 2020, leading to a decline in water levels and its receding from vast areas of land. As a result, the lakes formed behind dams in northern and eastern Syria have lost significant amounts of their strategic reserves.
Based on a report from the National Water Center, which indicated that turbidity levels exceeded the permissible limit (5%), the Raqqa Water Department took urgent measures to address this situation.
In this context, a specialized evening workshop was held to clean the city's entire water network. This workshop aims to reduce turbidity in the water and restore its quality to acceptable levels, ensuring the provision of healthy drinking water for citizens.
These measures are part of the Water Department's plan to address such situations. The plan also includes studying the possibility of drilling infiltration wells in the future. These wells rely on a technology that naturally filters water through layers of Euphrates gravel and basalt stone, which contributes to purifying and purifying the water before it reaches the network.
The city's water pumping rate is 12,000 cubic meters per second, while the number of pumping stations for drinking water in Raqqa and its countryside is 40, in addition to the supporting stations for the city's water station, namely Bir al-Hashem, al-Asadiya 1, al-Maslakh, and al-Jazra.
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ANHA
Raqqa Water Establishment: water turbidity increases due to declining Euphrates level
The Euphrates River is suffering from a decline in its water level, especially in Lake Euphrates, where the lake's level has dropped by 6 meters, leading to turbidity in drinking water. Accordingly, the Raqqa City Water Unit has taken appropriate measures to address this turbidity.
Raqqa city and a large part of its countryside depend on water from the Euphrates River, which is pumped to water pumping stations for distribution to the city's network after desalination.
According to the co-chair of the Raqqa Water Directorate, Engineer Hussein al-Jarjab, the Euphrates River is experiencing a significant decline in its water level, which has directly impacted the quality of drinking water in Raqqa city, as turbidity has increased in the water supplied to homes.
The Turkish occupation authorities have continued to block the Euphrates River since 2020, leading to a decline in water levels and its receding from vast areas of land. As a result, the lakes formed behind dams in northern and eastern Syria have lost significant amounts of their strategic reserves.
Based on a report from the National Water Center, which indicated that turbidity levels exceeded the permissible limit (5%), the Raqqa Water Department took urgent measures to address this situation.
In this context, a specialized evening workshop was held to clean the city's entire water network. This workshop aims to reduce turbidity in the water and restore its quality to acceptable levels, ensuring the provision of healthy drinking water for citizens.
These measures are part of the Water Department's plan to address such situations. The plan also includes studying the possibility of drilling infiltration wells in the future. These wells rely on a technology that naturally filters water through layers of Euphrates gravel and basalt stone, which contributes to purifying and purifying the water before it reaches the network.
The city's water pumping rate is 12,000 cubic meters per second, while the number of pumping stations for drinking water in Raqqa and its countryside is 40, in addition to the supporting stations for the city's water station, namely Bir al-Hashem, al-Asadiya 1, al-Maslakh, and al-Jazra.
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ANHA
