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too many acronyms

WTF is NEJH and EJH? Is the thing called GMR, GMRP or GMMR? Guinness man 00:04, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, too many acronyms, or at least ones that aren't explained. The project is known as the Great Manmade River Project, hence the project name is usually shortened to GMRP, with a number added to denote the phase of construction. For example GMRP-2 was the construction of three wellfields near the Jabal Hasuna mountain range and a transfer pipeline north to Tripoli.

The three wellfields in the GMRP-2 project were located to the East and Northeast of the Jabal Hasuna mountains about 650km south of Tripoli. The two wellfields to the east of Jabal Hasuna are called East Jabal Hasuna (West) and East Jabal Hasuna (East), also known as EJHW and EJHE, with the third, Northeast Jabal Hasuna wellfield also known as NEJH.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjboese (talk • contribs) 02:00, 8 August 2006

Was the East Jabal Hasouna field ever devided (in west and east)? Not as far as I know.

The acronyme galore is not only the problem of the article, it comes from the project itself. I don't know weather it's the love of libyan authorities for acronyms, or the difficulty of translating from arabic (is it Hasuna? Hasouna? Hassawnah?). --Qyd 10:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Marked for Cleanup

I marked this for cleanup as the word "extraordinary" was used to describe the session of congress that started this. Such a word is subjective and not meant for a Wiki, and I think this whole article could use a bit of tiding.

Signed by Scryer_360, the man to lazy to sign in

"Extraordinary" in this sense means unscheduled, not remarkable or magnificent.

unanswered question...

How long until the resource will be exhausted? Geo Swan (talk) 07:01, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Over 60,000 years. I wouldn't worry. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 17:21, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The claim within the article that the aquifers won't run out of water for another 63,000 years is insane. It's just barking nonsense. 97.122.250.215 (talk) 10:34, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

60,000 years? That certainly sounds like nonsense. How long should this unreferenced claim be allowed to remain in the article? Geo Swan (talk) 02:58, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An unfererenced claim is allowed to remain forever if no one corrects it! Quickly found to good refs for lasting 1000 years if... and changed the article. 172.130.46.104 (talk) 09:37, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How was it an unreferenced claim? Simple math gives us that number, see Talk:Nubian_Sandstone_Aquifer_System. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 00:46, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The engineering of this project took in account more than math, and is not simple. At the time the project was designed, estimates for project life ranged between 50 and 100 years. The figure you calculated is just a meaningless number. --Qyd (talk) 03:32, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can take into account anything you like, but it doesn't make the math meaningless. Sure it assumes that the estimates are ACCURATE, but so do any calculations for how long the water will last. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 23:51, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Map request

This article really needs a map of the pipelines as the main image. There's one in the BBC article. Maybe there's a public domain version on a Lybian governmental site somewhere? Esn (talk) 03:09, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, the article definitely needs a map. It's talking about lots of places and lists at which time which place has been connected etc., but pretty much no one knows where all those places are. :-/ --MarsmanRom (talk) 10:25, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bombed by NATO

Apparently the Great Man Made River has been dealt structural damage by NATO forces.

http://libyasos.blogspot.com/2011/07/liby-great-man-made-river-reason-for.html

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 The article mentions five stages, but only two of these are named. What are the other 3 stages ? What are the estimated completion dates for the unfinished stages ? The article mentions the lawsuit with Brasoil. What was the outcome of the lawsuit ? [[Special:Contributions/189.81.153.222|189.81.153.222]] ([[User talk:189.81.153.222|talk]]) 21:13, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Why delete my correction? PS. I again added--[[User:Ramir12|Ramir12]] ([[User talk:Ramir12|talk]]) 03:54, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
+== Bombed by NATO ==
+Apparently the Great Man Made River has been dealt structural damage by NATO forces.
+http://libyasos.blogspot.com/2011/07/liby-great-man-made-river-reason-for.html