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'File 19/252 Bahrain Water Supply' [‎29r] (59/96)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (45 folios). It was created in 29 May 1939-19 Nov 1942. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Stc.tc to control them, but under the circumstances it is extremely
difficult to obtain any results.
l ajor.H.e.E.v* Alban,O.B^.,
Yours sincerely,
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-K "ff ^S 1111633 3halk li Sir Hamad Alkhalifah and the
Senior ohaiklis»
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I have received a long report fror\ the Bahrain Petroleum
Company which has been made by their water engineer about the
..ellaq water supply. A copy of this has been sent to the Political
Agent.
my water In this arec has been decreasing for some years. The
reckon for trie decrease of water is the amount of water which is
being taken out of the ground in artesian wells between Sadad and
Zellaq.
ihere ere over 40 artesian wells in the strip of ground extend-
ring - or approximately two miles north to approximately 2 miles
souuh 01 Zellaq.. I : any of these wells have not been provided with
a control gauge. The water produced by these wells is approximately
% iiiillion bcrrels a day of which a large percentage flows into the
sea xrom drainage ditches. The water'was measured by the engineers v
--o conduc ue 1 a survey ox vater in that area during themonth of
-'ovember . It appears that over 200,000 barrels of water was running
into the sea every day; some of this water was almost fresh and
contained practically no salt,from which it would appear that it
could be used for irrigation.
rhe ^i-ccrs state that the decrease in water will be '"reater
■ imt: goe^ on and that it is likely that soome of these wells
which now contain water will become dry. Each time a new well is -
drilled the decrease in water would be hastened.
Thti cmount o_ water taken from the Zellaci v/ells for comDanv
operations is approximately 13.000 barrels a day, which, in
comparison with the amount of water which is wasted,is very small.
T understand that ^our T- ig^.ness has lately drilled two new wells in
this area and that a third well is to be drilled south of Zellra.

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The documents in this file are all related to the natural water supply of Bahrain.

They include two detailed surveys of the island's water supply, correspondence concerning the status of Bahrain's artesian wells, concerns about the wastage of water in gardens owned by Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (and other members of the Al Khalifa family) and more general correspondence regarding the usage of water in Bahrain.

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1 volume (45 folios)
Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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Previously a bound volume, its sheets have been unbound and are now loose. Foliation starts with 1A for the file cover. The first page of the volume is 1B. It continues to the last page. Foliation in pencil numbers in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . Additional foliation has been rubbed out but is still faintly visible. Further foliation starts with 31 on f.21 and continues to f.27. It is then also rubbed out but traces remain visible. Due to foliation error, we have f.36A and f.36B instead of f.36.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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