•  
  •  
  •  

Ministry of Water signs Three Agreements with World Bank

Posted in: Environment
Written By: Observer Staff
Article Date: May 16, 2006 - 8:22:37 PM
Digg this story!    Leave Your Comments!       Printer Friendly Page
Rating: 3.4/5 (25 votes cast)

SANAA- Three water agreements have been signed by the Local Water Corporation and the World Bank for drilling ten water wells 900 meters deep.
The wells, which cost of US$4,505,520, are 85% funded by the World Bank.

Another agreement establishes water reservoirs in the Al-Sabeen region and a pumping station at a cost of YR 644,112,835 rials.
The new projects are aimed to mitigate the worsening gap between water supply and demand.



Related Content

•  Virtual water: impossible reality in Yemen
•  Water scarcity: Yemen’s worrying reality
•  Yemeni islands: the gate to Yemen’s future
•  Supply of urban water and sanitation to be decentralized
•  Yemen must take action to secure water supply
•  New cloth bags may save help environment
•  Students mark National Environment Day by getting hands dirty
•  Arctic ice melting at alarming rate
•  Research Station to promote enhanced agricultural seeds
•  International conference on water governance in MENA region
  •  
  •  

COMMENTS


Name
E-mail (Will not appear online)
Homepage
Title
Comment
;-) :-) :-D :-( :-o >-( B-) :oops: :-[] :-P
Are you human? If yes, please enter the text you see in the image below to be able to post your comments. The text is not case-sensitive.
Powered by Comment Script
Copyright © 1998 - 2007 Yemen Observer. All rights reserved.
Design by: Mtiaz Studios LLC