Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2015,

201 5, 2327-5952
Published Online August 2015 in SciRes.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jss.2015.90075
.2015.90075

Modeling the Water Cost : Case Study of

Great Man Made River Authority
Dr. Mohamed O. Kumati
Data, Studies and Researches Head Section, Great Man Made River Authority
Authority, Benghazi, Libya
Email: kumati1974@yahoo.com

Received 21 May 2015;; accepted 09 June 2015; published

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author(s and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
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Abstract
Libya, like its neighbours, depends on groundwater for the majority of its water supplies. Howev-
er, most comes in the form of fossilised water from aquifers deep in the desert, through the Great
Man-Made
Made River Authority (GMRA).
The world’s largest Pre-stressed
Pre stressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP) project is owned and operated by
the Great Man Made River Authority. Since it conception in 1984 the project has grown to include
almost 4000 km of large-diameter
large pre-stressed
stressed concrete pipe. Eventually over 6.0 million m3 of
water will be conveyed every day from aquifers in the desert to the coast in 4m diameter PCCP.
This paper provides an overview of the project to date and it will conduct the cost analysis study
by treating capital costs as sunk value, without interest rates.

Keywords
Water
ater shortage problem, GMRP, PCCP, Groundwater, Sunk
unk value, Modeling.

How to cite this paper: Kumati, M.O. (2015) Modeling the Water Cost : Case Study of Great Man Made River Authority
Authority.
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