AANES feeds water station in Syria’s Hasakah with electricity
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – A sources in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) said on Monday they connected electricity to Alouk water station in the countryside of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) to pump water to the city of Hasakah, northeast Syria.
The source explained that the AANES supplied 25 MW of electricity to Ras al-Ain and its countryside and 8 MW to the Alouk station. The station must be fully operated according to wells and pumps that are in service. The AANES awaits water to reach the reservoirs of the al-Hemma station, west of Hasakah, to be pumped toward residents’ houses.
The electricity was supplied to areas occupied by Turkey, but a malfunction in the power line has prevented it from reaching the station for now, according to the source.
Maintenance workshops are doing repairs so the station can operate and pump water in 72 hours maximum. If the water does not reach the reservoirs of the al-Hemma station according to the agreement, the electricity will be cut, the source added.
The Alouk station has 30 artesian wells and eight horizontal pumps that feed about one million individuals in Hasakah and its countryside. Cutting the water has a significant negative impact on the population’s lives.
Since 2019, Turkey and their affiliated Syrian opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), have cut off water coming from the station to Hasakah and its countryside 30 times.
The Alouk water station, which lies in the city of Ras al-Ain is the only water resource feeding Hasakah and its countryside. The station is controlled by Turkey and its affiliated SNA.
In 2019, Turkish forces and the SNA factions launched the “Peace Spring” military operation where it occupied Ras al-Ain and its countryside.
Turkey’s cutoffs threaten about a million and a half people with a real disaster as cholera infections record a notable spike in the region.
On July 2021, an official in the AANES revealed indirect negotiations with Turkey sponsored by Russia to resume operating the Alouk station but to no avail.