Support plan for Ain Issa’s drinking water after Turkish attacks

The service facilities in Ain Issa and its countryside were subjected to direct shelling by the Turkish occupation army at the beginning of this year, leading to their disruption. Technical workshops managed to repair some of these facilities, while others, including the main drinking water tank in Ain Issa, could not be repaired. The tank was directly targeted in February 2025, resulting in water shortages affecting 65 villages (45 in Al-Hisha and 20 affiliated with Ain Issa), with a population of 41,000 people.

Repairing the tank was not possible due to continuous targeting by the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries, which endangered the working crews. To address the severe shortage of drinking water in the city, the directorate worked on implementing a supportive line to draw water from the main line feeding the Al-Hisha water station. This is expected to resolve 70% of the water shortage issue, according to relevant authorities.

In this context, Ismail al-Khalif, a technician at the Ain Issa Water Directorate, stated: "We plan to complete the supportive line within ten days, which will provide drinking water to both the Industrial and Eastern neighborhoods of the city, while the Western neighborhood will be supplied by the Al-Falihiya water station."

Ismail explained that the supportive line will alleviate the residents' suffering by securing drinking water, which had become a heavy burden after the city's main water tank went out of service. This will reduce the costs and burdens residents faced in purchasing water from mobile tankers.

During the water outage, the Water Directorate worked to deliver water to residents' homes using a single water tanker operating around the clock to ease the burden of purchasing water. However, this tanker was insufficient to meet the demand due to its limited capacity and the distance of water sources from the city.

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ANHA