The engineering studies for the pipeline to carry water from mainland Turkey to Northern Cyprus have commenced recently following the signing of the contract between Administration of State Hydraulic Works (DSI) and the giant Turkish contractor Alsim ALARKO.

The pipeline will be located at the narrowest section of the strait formed by Turkey and the island and will provide water at a rate of 75 million m³ per year (2.38 m³/s).

The pipeline will be a submerged floating structure and the subsea section of the pipeline will consist of 1.6 m diameter HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) pipe approximately 78 km long. In the shore approaching sections of the route, the pipeline will be either resting on the seabed or be trenched and backfilled below seabed level. Between the 250 m depth contours on both the Turkish and Cyprus sides, the pipeline will be suspended at a water depth of minimum 250 m. The pipeline will be spanning from vertical tethers anchored to the sea bed in spans of approximately 400 - 500 meters length each. 

As ARTI Proje, we will be undertaking several engineering studies in the project. We will be conduction 2D and 3D numerical model studies in cooperation with Danish Hydraulic Institute for Water and Environment. Extensive phyical model tests to investigate the behavior of the suspended pipeline under static and dynamic loadings will also be carried out at the DHI laboratories in Denmark.

Under an additional contract, the hydrographic design basis for the pipeline will be provided by ARTI Proje-DHI collaboration. ARTI will also collaborate with Neptune Oceanographics Ltd., Aquatec Group Ltd. and Trevor Jee Associates of UK to develop an underwater communication and surveillance system for the pipeline.

Our participation in the project is not limited with technical subjects of above but we also take role in the project coordination. We will provide technical and managerial assistance to Alsim ALARKO' s project management team.

For further information about the project, please visit;

Cyprus Water Supply Project at:
http://www.alarko-dsi.com

Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources at:  http://www.enerji.gov.tr

DSI at:
http://www.dsi.gov.tr/basin/kktc.htm

ALARKO at:
http://www.alsimalarko.com.tr