Case Study: Libya

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Case Study Libya

• A case study of water management in an LEDC
• Where is Libya?
• What is Libya like, climate, environment and
  economy?
• What have they done to ensure water supply?
• Why do they need the man made river project?
• Who will gain and who may lose out Issues?

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Where is Libya?

• North Africa
• Mediterranean coast
• Sahara Desert

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Key Words

• Desert dry area with not enough precipitation.
• Irrigation water added to farms
• Civil engineering building project run by a
  country.
• Reservoir man made lake to store water.
• Aquifer rock holding water that can be used.
• Permeable rock that allows water through.
• Wellfield area with lots of wells down to an
  aquifer.
• Infrastructure anything joining one place to
  another.

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What is the Climate?

• Most rain near the coast
• Low precipitation 350mm or less
• Most rain in Oct to Feb
• Temperature range about 16C.
• Large diurnal temperature range.
• No month below 10C

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What is the Project?

• Digging about 1000 wells in the south of the
  country
• Laying 2m diameter pipelines many over 500km long
  to the North
• Building a 90 megawatt power station

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Issues

• Advantages
• Farming areas in the North improved.
• Families given 10 hectares, a tractor, house,
  tools and water
• Urban areas have a good supply of clean water
  available.
• Industry has water and power
• Provides lots of jobs e.g. in construction.

• Disadvantages
• Costs a lot of money and Libya is an LEDC
• May damage the fragile desert ecosystem
• May lead to salinisation of fields

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Libya Activities

• Complete worksheets
• Make summary notes under headings
• Where
• What
• When
• Why
• Issues
• Explain how three groups of people will benefit
• Explain the role of government and other
  organisations in the scheme

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