Water supply

This file relates to water resources in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Water report by F Grundy, with subsequent comment and a covering letter from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1)
• Water distillation plants in Abu Dhabi including one supplied to the Dubai firm Al Mulla and Owais by Richardsons and Westgrath Limited which is having teething problems and a second from Bennis Thermoflash which is non-operative; a discussion on these plants’ issues and a recommendation for the firms to be cautioned; the offers of Richardsons and Westgrath Limited to service their plant and the refusal of these offers; a summary of the situation by R D Gordon (2-4, 8)
• Discussions about the domestic water supply for Sharjah and whether it should be piped from Dubai or developed internally at Dhayd [Al Dhaid] (5-6)
• Water divination on Abu Dhabi Island with the Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company agreeing to drill holes for free; the unsuccessful drilling at the sites selected (7, 10)
• Request from Ranney Method Water Supplies Limited for the address of the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi in connection with water supply to the state (9)
• Associated Consulting Engineers (Beirut)’s report on Sharjah’s water supply with subsequent comments (11)
• Financing of Sharjah’s water supply project, with Sheikh Saqr hoping to raise two thirds of the capital from the Eastern Bank with the scheme to be checked by Sir William Halcrow & Partners and additional help from Kuwait’s development plans for the Trucial States (12)
• Visit of Sayyed Abdul Mohsin Kattan from the Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water to Dubai to examine the provision of water to Sharjah and coordinate Kuwaiti aid; reports on the visit of the Kuwaiti delegation (13-14)