Presentation about the Great Manmade River project in Lybia.

1. The Great Manmade
River Project
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2. A little history
 1953 : Drilling to find petroleum resources
 water resources
 Important problem of supplying water in Lybia
 Solution that seems to afford more water than any
other (pipelines from South Europe to Tripoli,
desalination, transportation by ships)
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3. Issue
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4. Aim of the project
http://peakwater.org/tag/great-man-made-river/
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5. Beginning of the project
 October 1983: an extraordinary Congress session
decided to fund and execute the Great Man-Made
River Project.
http://theorbo1.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/the-great-man-made-river/
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6. Distribution network
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700 km
1732 km
1926 km

7. Pipe production and logistics
7,5-meter-length pipes
 Two pipe manufacturing plants
 Sarir plant : 3 lines  120 pipes/day
 Prega plant : 2 lines  80 pipes/day
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 Haul roads for transportation
 Phase I : 1,600 km
 Phase II : 2,155 km

8. Technical Aspects
MORTAR COATING STEEL PRE-STRESSING WIRE
 Large pipe, many kilometers
OUTER CONCRETE CORE
STEEL LINER
INNER CONCRETE
CORE
PIPE MAKE-UP
Length of Pipe = 7.52 meters
Pipe Diameters 1.6-4.0
meters
Weight of Pipe = 75-83 tonnes
Pressure Rates 6-26 bar
17-18 km of prestressed Wire
12-16 tonnes of Cement
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9. Technical Aspects
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10. Some figures
 Almost 600,000 pipes
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 30 billion project

11. Some figures
 Enough cement to construct a road Tripoli Bangcok
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12. Thank for your attention
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