Damascus-Sana
The reality of the Barada River and its cleanliness is occupied by many residents of Damascus.
The Director of Sewerage at the Ministry of Water Resources Eng. Mohammed Jaradat explained that within the ministry's plan to remove pollution from the river, several projects were implemented, including the Zabadani treatment plant, which has been investing since 2011. Daily.
According to Jaradat, the Ministry of Water Resources has contracted with a Malaysian company to carry out the important treatment plant and use the residential communities in Jamaria and military and important housing by about 61 thousand people and the abundance of 5000 cubic meters per day.
Jaradat expected the completion of the two plants in accordance with the schedule by the end of 2020 to be treated with most of the sewage banks in the region, indicating that the treated water in these stations return to the river and is in accordance with the Syrian standards for irrigation.
Completing the completion of the stations according to the Jaradat with the completion of the Damascus Water Est. With the downstream reaching the Adra treatment plant.
Among the Jaradat, the role of the governorate of Damascus in the project through the treatment of sewage through the sewage of restaurants and tourist facilities and the obligation to complete small treatment units before drainage on the river and prevent throwing dirt in it.
With the cleaning workshops, other workshops rehabilitate the branches of the Barada River, which can be operated as the Tora River from Rabwah to Jobar and the Dirani River from its divide in Rabwah to the orchards of Kfar Soussa. Require them to put oil filters and strainers on the sewer to keep the river clean.
Barada stems from the Lake Barada in Zabadani on the eastern Lebanon mountain range northwest of Damascus, passing Damascus and Ghouta to pour into Lake Otaiba southeast of the city of Damascus and a length of 71 km and has seven branches.
Ali Ajeeb