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World's Largest Man-Made River at a Length of 70 Miles
Original source: Egypt Independent
Work continues in the New Delta project on digging a man-made river to deliver the water needed to cultivate about 2.2 million feddans within the New Delta project in the Western Desert.
The construction of the river in the world with a length of 70 miles, is being implemented to use agricultural drainage, groundwater and surface water in agriculture.
This is after being treated at al-Hammam water treatment station, as the river is scheduled to produce about 10 million cubic meters of water.
This artificial river will include 14 Miles of pipes under the grounds surface, which transport groundwater, agricultural and drainage, after being treated at the al-Hammam station, in addition to the open path of the river extending for almost 60 miles..
Construction completed for 35 percent of the works for water transmission pipes, and 65 percent of the open area works.
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