IRRIGATION SCHEMES
Study for the development of the Maghama Plain - Mauritania

Client:                          INC - on behalf of the Organization pour la Mise in Valeur du fleuve Senegal (OMVS)

                                      Financing by Italian  Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 Services:                   Pedological, topographical, geotechnical and hydrogeological investigations and surveys. Preliminary design.                                

Period:                        1984 - 1987

 Contract value:          € 694,000 

The project:

The Maghamá Plain is located in the Gorgol region and extends for some 60 km. along the right bank of the Senegal river.

The purpose of the first phase of the Study was to determine the possibilities of agricultural development of the Plain for a total area of about 30,000 ha, using the water of Senegal River and its affluents for irrigation. In this phase five areas, for a total of 6,000 ha., were identified as suitable for agricultural development.

The second phase of the Study involved the drawing up of a preliminary design of the works required for the agricultural development of the five areas selected within the course of the first phase.

The project included: topographical surveys, mapping, pedological studies, geological studies, geotechnical investigations.

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