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Water Supply And Sanitation In Syria
Syria is a semi-arid country with scarce water resources. The largest water-consuming sector in Syria is agriculture. Domestic water use is only about 9% of total water use.M. Salman & W. Mulla. The Utilization of Water Resources for Agriculture in Syria: Analysis of Current Situation and Future Challenge/ref> A big challenge for Syria is its high population growth, with a rapidly increasing demand for urban and industrial water. In 2006, the population of Syria was 19.4 million with a growth rate of 2.7%.World Bank (2001). Syrian Arab Republic Irrigation Sector Report. Rural Development, Water and Environment Group, Middle East and North Africa Region, Report No. 22602-SY/ref> Access Public water supply systems cover about 95% of the households in urban areas and about 80% in rural areas. Drinking Water Supply In 2002 96% of all urban households were connected to a sewer system. Nearly half (46%) of rural house connections were connected to a pipe sewerage system in 2002. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Syria
As a result of the Syrian Civil War since 2011, there are at least two flags used to represent Syria, used by different factions in the war. The incumbent government of the Syrian Arab Republic led by the Ba'ath Party uses the red-white-black tricolour originally used by the United Arab Republic, while Syrian opposition factions such as the Syrian National Coalition use the green-white-black tricolour known as the ''Independence flag'', first used by Mandatory Syria. Flag of the Syrian Government The current flag was first adopted in 1958 to represent Syria as part of the United Arab Republic, and was used until 1961. It was readopted in 1980. Since its first adoption, variations of the red-white-black flag have been used in various Arab Unions of Syria with Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, and Iraq. Although Syria is not part of any Arab state union, the flag of the United Arab Republic was readopted to show Syria's commitment to Arab unity. The usage of the flag has become dispu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sewage Treatment
Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewater treatment, municipal wastewater treatment) is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable for discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water pollution from raw sewage discharges. Sewage contains wastewater from households and businesses and possibly pre-treated industrial wastewater. There are a high number of sewage treatment processes to choose from. These can range from decentralized systems (including on-site treatment systems) to large centralized systems involving a network of pipes and pump stations (called sewerage) which convey the sewage to a treatment plant. For cities that have a combined sewer, the sewers will also carry urban runoff (stormwater) to the sewage treatment plant. Sewage treatment often involves two main stages, called primary and secondary treatment, while advanced treatment also incor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Resources Management In Syria
Water resources management in Syria is confronted with numerous challenges. First, all of the country's major rivers are shared with neighboring countries, and Syria depends to a large extent on the inflow of water from Turkey through the Euphrates and its tributaries. Second, high population growth and urbanisation increase the pressure on water resources, resulting in localized groundwater depletion and pollution, for example in the Ghouta near Damascus. Third, there is no legal framework for integrated water resources management. Finally, the institutions in charge of water resources management are weak, being both highly centralized and fragmented between sectors, and they often lack the power to enforce regulations. Water resources policies have been focused on the construction of dams, the development of irrigated agriculture and occasional interbasin transfers, such as a pipeline to supply drinking water to Aleppo from the Euphrates. There are 165 dams in Syria with a total s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Management In Greater Damascus
Water management in Greater Damascus, a metropolitan area with more than 4 million inhabitants, is characterized by numerous challenges, including groundwater overexploitation, increasing water demand, intermittent supply, and pollution. These challenges could be exacerbated by the impact of climate change, since projections indicate that a decrease in rainfall is likely. The quality of residential water supply mirrors social divisions within the metropolitan area, with the poorest neighborhoods receiving the worst service. Irrigation in the rural parts of Greater Damascus, in particular in the Ghouta, still accounts for about 70% of water use in the metropolitan area, with the remainder being used for residential, commercial and industrial use. The government has responded to the above challenges by banning the drilling of new agricultural wells, promoting water-saving irrigation techniques, rehabilitating the distribution network to reduce leakage, investing heavily in wastewater t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Agriculture And Agrarian Reform (Syria)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (MoAAR) ( ar, وِزارَةُ الزِّرَاعَةِ وَالْإِصْلَاحِ الزِّرَاعِيِّ, Wizārat az-Zirāʿat wa l-ʾIṣlāḥ az-Zirāʿīy) is a government ministry office of the Syrian Arab Republic, responsible for agriculture affairs in Syria. Ministers of Agriculture *Dr. Shibli al-Aysami (9 March 1963 – 11 November 1963) *Dr. Adil Tarabin (12 November 1963 – 21 December 1965) *Dr. Salah Wazzan (1 January 1966 – 22 February 1966) *Dr. Abd al-Karim al-Jundi (1 March 1966 – 15 October 1966) *Mr. Fayez Al Jassem (Oct 1966 – Oct 1969) * Jamid Haddad (? – ?) * Mohamad Haidar (1971-1976) * Ahmed Qablan (1976-1980) * Hamid Musker (1980-1981) * Mash Jayden (1981-1985) * Mahmoud al-Kurdi (1985-1987) *Dr. Mohamed Gabash (1 November 1987 – 1992) *Dr. Adel Safar (10 September 2003 – 14 April 2011) *Dr. Riyad Farid Hijab (14 April 2011 – 6 August 2012) * Subhi Ahmed Abdullah (2012 – 2013) * Ahmed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Local Administration And Environment (Syria)
The Ministry of Local Administration and Environment is a department of the Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic. History The history of the Ministry of Local Administration goes back to the first government during the era of Hafez al-Assad, and this journey began by Jabr al-Kafri in March 1972. The ministry continued as it was until the end of 2001 when the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs was added to it and entrusted to the engineer Hilal al-Atrash. Legislative Decree 64 of 2004 stipulated that the term Ministry of Local Administration and Environment should replace the Ministry of Housing and Construction. The third article of the decree stipulates that “the workers in the Ministry of Housing and Construction who are on the job in the Directorates of Urban Planning and Topography shall be deemed to be transferred by law to the Ministry of Local Administration and Environment”. In April 2009, Decree No. 25 was issued to dismiss the ministry and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Water Resources (Syria)
The Ministry of Water Resources is a department of the Syrian government. The current minister is Tammam Raad. History The Ministry of Irrigation was created by Law No. 16 of 1982 as a process of compiling the tasks that were distributed to a number of public agencies (the Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources - the Ministry of the Euphrates Dam) and then attached to them the quality institutions in the Euphrates basin that were created after the completion of the dam, which is the Public Institution for Land Reclamation and The General Authority for Investment and Development of the Euphrates Basin, as attached to it by the General Corporation for the Euphrates Dam, the General Company for Water Projects and the General Company for Water Studies were attached to the ministry, and in 2005, with the aim of developing the planning process for the water sector in Syria, it created the “General Authority for Water Resources to replace the general irrigation directorates.” ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian-Qatari Holding Company
The Syrian-Qatari Holding Company (SQHC) is a holding company founded in 2008 and based in Damascus that is equally owned by the governments of Syria and Qatar. With a declared capital of USD 5 billion it is Syria's largest holding company. The company has invested or plans to invest, among others, in power generation, agriculture, dairy and juice manufacturing, phosphate fertilizers, health care, real estate, financial services and fuel distribution.Company Website:Syrian-Qatari Holding Company accessed on December 13, 2009 In October 2009 it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Syrian Ministry of Housing and Construction to invest in wastewater treatment. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Suwayda
, timezone = EET , utc_offset = +2 , timezone_DST = EEST , utc_offset_DST = +3 , coordinates = , grid_position = 296/235 , elevation_footnotes = , elevation_m = 1080 , elevation_ft = 3543 , area_code = 16 , geocode = C6147 , blank_name = Climate , blank_info = Csa As-Suwayda ( ar, ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء / ALA-LC romanization: ''as-Suwaydāʾ''), also spelled ''Sweida'' or ''Swaida'', is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan. It is the capital of As-Suwayda Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, bordering Jordan in the South and Daraa Governorate in the West and Rif Dimashq Governorate in the north and east. The city is referred to by some as "Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaramanah
Jaramana ( ar, جرمانا) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in the Ghouta plain. Its location, 3 kilometers southeast of the Syrian capital, makes it a bustling town in the greater Damascus metropolitan area, with a mostly Christian and Druze population. It is adjacent to the Jaramana Camp, a Palestinian refugee camp. History Jaramana was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century and noted it was "a district of the Ghautah of Damascus." In late 2012, the neoconservative Institute for the Study of War said there had been reports of Popular Committees (local self-defense militias formed to defend communities from armed extremists) and pro-government Shabiha working closely with government forces there. On October 29 and November 28, 2012 the town was hit by car bombings killing over 100 civilian residents, including, several Iraqi and Palestinian refugees. Demographics Since 2003 and the beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Public Works And Housing (Syria)
The Ministry of Public Works and Housing is a department of the Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic. It is based in Yusuf al-Azma Square, Damascus. Responsibilities The ministry participates in planning of urban development affairs by drawing the general policy for sustainable urban planning and development, and preparing development plans and programs from the regional level to the local level. And in the affairs of housing and real estate development, by working to provide the basic ingredients for the development of the housing sector to produce real estate products that meet the needs of society through real estate development projects. As for public works affairs, it is through the implementation of construction projects in the administrative public sector agencies through the work of the public construction companies affiliated with the Ministry. Ministers See also * Government ministries of Syria Government ministries of Syria make up the port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is a unitary republic that consists of 14 governorates (subdivisions), and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. Cyprus lies to the west across the Mediterranean Sea. A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including the majority Syrian Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Armenians, Circassians, Albanians, and Greeks. Religious groups include Muslims, Christians, Alawites, Druze, and Yazidis. The capital and largest city of Syria is Damascus. Arabs are the largest ethnic group, and Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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