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Fadi Bey Sharif
Essam Al-Taba, Director General of the General Corporation for Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Damascus Governorate and its Rural Areas, revealed in an exclusive interview that the memorandum was prepared based on the reality of water in stable and unstable areas facing bottlenecks, at the request of the Prime Minister, and in coordination steps with those involved in electricity to ensure that water reaches all areas… In addition to the actual situation of power stations, their maintenance procedures and solutions to improve the reality of electricity proposed.
Al-Tabbaa said: The water supply of Damascus city and its countryside comes from the wells of Al-Fijah and Barada springs, new wells, Yabous, Wadi Marwan and pumping centers throughout Damascus and its countryside, noting that there are a total of 1,800 wells The water situation in the capital and its countryside is related to rainfall, which this year reached 102% in the Fijah spring basin, while Damascus reached 56%.
Al-Tabbaa confirmed that the average daily water demand in Damascus city and its surrounding countryside reaches 560,000 cubic meters, increasing in summer and decreasing in winter, while the average daily water demand in other Damascus countryside is about 500,000 cubic meters per day, adding: We have now entered the burning month, which is considered one of the most difficult months of the year because both production and consumption are increasing.
Al-Tabbaa believes that the current water supply in Damascus is good and stable, with water supply hours ranging from 6 hours in low-lying areas to up to 17 hours in high-lying areas, and the water supply plan changes according to the actual situation of daily production.
He pointed out that with the decline in the water level of the Fijah spring (currently about 2.5 cubic meters per second), the company introduced additional sources and pointed out the reality of the countryside around Damascus, which is supplied by the Damascus network, which is considered acceptable, pointing out the difficulties of continuous rationing for 5 hours over a period of time with the arrival of 1 hour (for example), which is not enough to provide water to everyone. In addition to residents living on the upper floors of high-rise buildings, residents whose homes are at the end of the water supply network are also affected, which coincides with the rise in temperatures, creating a certain deficit.
He added: In order to overcome the water shortage in Moadamiyat al-Sham and other areas, water was pumped continuously from Damascus to Moadamiyat al-Sham for 48 consecutive days, and the amount of water pumped reached 45,000 cubic meters in two days. By tracking the water situation in Sahnaya, Ashrafieh Sahnaya, Al-Kiswah, Daraya and other areas, it brought a high degree of stability in the region.
Regarding the water outage crisis in Sahnaya and Ashrafieh Sahnaya, Al-Tabbaa confirmed that the recent problems have been resolved, referring to a meeting held in the Damascus Rural Governorate, in the presence of a member of the Executive Office, the Director of Rural Electricity and the heads of the two cities, where an agreement was reached with the Damascus Rural Electricity Company to provide electricity to Sahnaya and Ashrafieh for 4 hours for 3 days (Sunday to Monday). According to the published plan, the water supply to the two towns from Sunday morning to Wednesday morning has exceeded 80,000 cubic meters, thus achieving stability. The water situation has been greatly affected.
He noted that the reality of energy affects all aspects of life, not just the water pumps, noting that there is constant real-time coordination with relevant personnel in Damascus and its rural electricity companies to resolve any failures and monitor the actual situation of supplied materials in supply areas and individual regions.
Al-Tabbaa revealed that the number of water users is estimated to be around 1.165 million, indicating that the percentage of users who suffer from many bottlenecks is considered small and they live outside the regulatory scheme or in violation areas, which the company is working to resolve according to the available capacity.
He added: Faced with a significant population expansion, both in Damascus and in the Damascus countryside, especially in irregular areas, this comes at the expense of the water network, the diameter of which currently does not match this growth, affecting the reality of water supply, not to mention the availability of energy carriers.
Al-Tabbaa revealed that the focus is on solar energy systems and lines exempted from electricity regulation, indicating that the number of lines exempted from regulation with operating wells has reached 73 so far, while the number of solar energy systems that have obtained exemptions, projects and wells that have been installed and operated has reached 76 systems.
He added: the number of conversion centers secured reached 12, the number of wells drilled reached 8, the number of wells equipped in two years reached 33, the number of tanks equipped reached 6 tanks, the number of purification stations built to improve the water quality in the rural areas of Damascus (Ain Talma – Hazza – Aklaba), the repair of 3 production pumping stations, namely (Al-Raymah Water Project – Jobar Pumping Station – Abu Qaws Well Station “Al-Dameer”), as well as some pumps repaired in the pump repair shop «1545» in the past two years.
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