Quantitative Contrast of Urban Water Supplies Through the Public Network of Water in Misurata Municipality (2012- 2018):Reasons and Alternatives.

Abstract

This paper reviews the water resources that supply the urban public water network, and investigates the reasons beyond the fluctuation in water supplies that assigned to Misurata Municipality.

The paper also focuses on giving an overview of the sources of water in the past, the damage caused to it as well as the alternative solution which is the man-made river.

Despite the good allocations to the region from this source, it is not reliable in the long term, due to fluctuation that occur to its supplies from time to time, which was the subject of research in this study. In terms of data collection, the researcher collected the data from the references and official reports issued by relevant institutions, furthermore, making interviews with managers and officials in various administrations in the water sector.

The study concluded the following results: total cessation of old supplying sources, the insufficient water that came from the man-made river system and exposed to fluctuate from time to time in the previous period.

Thus, some of the recommendations have been suggested, that the researcher finds them useful in supporting the water public network that might be needed for different aspects of life.