Turkey-Cyprus Pipeline
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Undersea Water Pipeline to Bring Water to Turkish Cypriots by Year End
An ambitious pipeline project linking reservoirs inTurkeyto the parched, isolated Turkish Republic of NorthernCyprusis on track to bring much needed drinking water to the island by year's end.
Engineers behind the Baris Su ("Peace Water") project said earlier this month they passed the halfway point on the 66-mile undersea pipeline, and could be delivering fresh water fromTurkeyto Turkish Cypriots for drinking and agricultural development by the end of the year.
When completed, the $500 million-plus pipeline is projected to deliver some 19.8 billion gallons of water annually and give the ethnic Turkish enclave significant new economic and political leverage in the standoff with the majority Greek Cypriot community that has kept the Mediterranean island divided for four decades.
Turkish officials, including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who visited the island this month, say they hope the prospect of a reliable water source will spur the local economy and give fresh impetus to reconciliation talks between the two communities. Mr. Erdogan told Turkish Cypriot leaders the water could be used by both the Greek and Turkish communities, but only "as long as [Greek Cypriots] take the hand of peace we are offering."
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