Reference :
V-P-SD-E-00518
Date :
2005
Caption :
Darfur, El Fasher. Fixing the Golo water pipeline after it had been damaged by heavy floods.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
Water system renewed in El Fasher:
The torrential rains registered in August 2005 in El Fasher (North Darfur) resulted in heavy floods causing extensive damage tou houses and to the city infrastructure, including the water supply for it's 400'000 inhabitants. Due to the collapse of the Golo river, just outside of El Fasher and which provides more than 60% of the water required in the capital of North Darfur, the local population didn't have proper access to water.
(...)
The State Water Corporation (SWC) urgently requestied the ICRC's assistance and support to repair the Golo pipeline.
Together with SWC technicians, the ICRC 4 man team assessed the problem and an emergency intervention in two phases was proposed to the SWC. It was decided as a first step to renovate the collapsed pipeline and repair the river bed of the Golo crossing and, only then, to protect the pipeline from further collapse due to active erosion of the river banks.
Extracts of the text written by Lorena Brander.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
1600x1200
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
