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'File 2/8 II Kuwait water supply from the Shatt al-Arab' [‎15r] (29/464)

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The record is made up of 1 file (230 folios). It was created in 12 Jun 1943-14 Jun 1949. 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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KUWAIT OIL COMPANY»LIMITED
WATER WHX 3 SUNK BT K.O.G. LTD.. IN KUWAIT STATE
19^ apd 1942 a prograuuao of exploratory water drllXipt; was undertaken
Kuwait Oil Company ltd., and in all about 20 small bore holes we 1*
2*

CEWSRAL : ^ In
drilled and cased with V diameter Th^. ^b^lts or Ahis.i^orfc inaioa.e
that the oubsiir^je -vater in the eastern. P 0 - 1 ^* the Sta,tc so^h^ of the bay
of Kuwait is not potable.. In the oentral and westerji portion of the o- ^te
wateV carrying between 2500 and. ^000 parts per million dissolved salts was
encountered. This quality of water which is very hard, is potable by the
local bedouin and for animals, but as six pints contain a medicinal dose of
Mag. Sulphate and Sodium Sulphate* it is not oonsidei’od to be potable for
Europeans. The free water level in the wells which produce the better c^ality
water mentioned, varies from 300’ to 500* subsurface, three 01 these (
have been fitted with windmill pumps and produce approximately 300 gallons
per hour under suitable wind conditions.
The official names of ths wells which yield waters between 25OO and
3100 p.p.m. dissolved solids, are as follows:
No. 4 - Well
No. 6 Well
No .13 Well
No. 14 - Well
No .15 Well
No .16 Well
'closed^
^closed)
?Windmill pump in operation)
closed)
Windmill pump in operation)
Windmill pump in operation till 21 - 6-43 ,wh*;n abandoned)
The K.O.C. has also in operation a well ( No.8) which produces water of
353O p.p.ra. dissolved solids and which can be drunk by the bedouin and the
animals. This water rises to within a foot or two of surface and a concrete
lined pit has been dug from whioh tribesmen can water their flocks. This
well is located in a prenounced nollow and produces at the rate of 100 gallons
per hour.
We wish to stress that these wells are merely exploratory and their small
bore coupled with the low fluid level makes them unsuitable for water
produclion purposes thus they cannot be regar ed as suitable for maintenance
of any military supply.
No. 8 Well mentioned above together with the three windmill pumps in operation,
No. 13 , No. 15 and No. 16 ) are located as under, and are used by the tribes
mentioned in the margin. For reference see War Office map “BASRA - KUWAIT
7,89 miles to I*).
Name of Well Location
Capacity
Remarks
No.8
In vicinity of \ 100 gallons
SOLAIBimi wells, ixjr hour.
12 miles S.W. of
Kuwait.
Used by local shepherds and
wood cutters in summer and
especially MUNTAPIQ shepherd
tribe in their southerly spring
migration (annual) - in use for
last two years.
No .13
2 miles south of
«H" of SLLAIB al
ILhICATIXAT iiane-
diately west of
SHAQQ depression
on S.Arabian
border,50 miles
g.W.of Kuwait
Town.
300 gallons
per hour.
In sunnier used by H.H.the Shaikh
of Kuwait’s private camel herds.
In spring by MDNTAFIQ shepherd
tribes, also by Mutair A Ajman
tribal details. Has been in use
for last 18 months.
No .15
South of Al Afri ridge
in vipinity of Khi 3^0 galls,
Xmsaiid.38 miles due per hour
west of Kuwait Town.
Windmill pump newly erected
and opened to badawin on 21 -6-4-.
Used by A t 5 man,PaRhaide. and
Hut&ir tribal details, also
Muntafiq shepherds in spring.
No .16 10 miles N.W. of
Khi Imsaiid.
300 galls,
per hour.
P.T. 0 .
Windmill pump erected in spring
of 1942 , Abaddoned in June 1 43 $
used to date by AJman^futair,
R&shaida details end Muntafiq.
shepherds tribes in spring.

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This file contains correspondence among British officials in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and London, as well as the Kuwaiti Government on various means of securing a reliable supply of water for Kuwait. The papers vary from proposal for a condensing plant, and possible pipeline from Basra in Iraq, to obtaining the details of how much such ventures would cost and which firms could possibly oversee their construction. The papers also contain letters from various Kuwaiti merchant contractors and the Kuwait Oil Company relating to the construction of a pipeline from the oil company to Kuwait's principal settlement.

The file also contains early maps of Kuwait's geology used to ascertain the viability of groundwater.

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1 file (230 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 232; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. Two additional irregular foliation sequences are present in parallel between; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are at times crossed out.

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