South Valley Development - Egypt
South Valley Development in Egypt is one of the world's largest
construction project, also known as the Toshka Project. Located near the
town of Toshka on the northern part of Lake Nasser, the South Valley
Development consists of a massive pumping station, Mubarak pumping
station, working to drive more than five cubic meters of water per year
into the Sheikh Zayed Canal. This canal has been named for Sheik Zayed
Bin Sultan El Nahayan, president of the UAE.
South Valley Development Origins
Egypt population outside the Valley and Delta sector is minimal, and
they occupy only five percent of its land extension. Starting on 1999
the South Valley Development project is trying to create living areas
and suburbs along the South Valley area with this new line of water and
new infrastructure being build. The project's expected date of
completion in 2017. The water transported along the canal will irrigate
226,800 hectares of government-owned land.
South Valley Development :Gigantic Mubarak Pumping Station
The first stage of the
South Valley Development was the
Mubarak Pump Stations, completed in 2003. The Mubarak Pumping station is
a state-of-the-art pump station including total control to all head
regulators of the water canal using a sophisticated system called
'Escade System'. The station contains 24 pumps designed with a maximum
pumping capacity of 54 meters and discharging 25 million cubic meters
per day. There is no question that this is the world’s biggest pumping
station, with the capacity to handle 25 million cubic meters per day.
Nile river water is pumped into the Sheikh Zayed Canal, a
72-kilometer-long.
South Valley Development : Al-Sheikh Zayed Canal
The Al-Sehikh Zayed Canal is a 72 kilometer long canal, that has been
planned to transport water to the new development. This canal has been
designed to consider low levels of water using two u-shaped segments;
the first segment is 3.35 kilometers long and has a width of 9.5km. The
main canal structure has a width of 30 meters on its bottom and has a
hydarulic slope of 15cm/km and then it decreases to 8 cm/km. It has a
water depth of 6 meters and the canal is bedded with sand reinforced
with cement. The canal also contains regulators to control water levels
along the canal, five
concrete bridges and a spillway to drain excessive waters allowing a safer operation.
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