'File 35/5 Development of Grazing Grounds (Supplies from Persia)' [‎45v] (90/118)

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Its proper, utilisation. Sweet water i 3 too finable
an asaet under Bahrain conditions to permit ita
continuous wastage*
(iii) Very little use is made on the island of the land within
date plantations. Whilst the growing of field or
garden crops saay not be possible in all plantations*
oases wore seen where the land was neither fuliv*
ocxyjpiGd by date paisas nor utilised in any other vmy.
Thus the water which supplied to the palms was
inefficdently used* In Iraq it is a comatm practice
so grow citrus fruit trees underneath the protecting
shade of date.palms. It is suggested that in Bahrain
more use could be made of the land within many of the
date palm plantations and that water which has to be
applied to them could sometimes serve a dual purpose in
irrigating a fruit* vegetable* fodder or other crop tMlst
fttqmlydng the needs of the palms simultaneously,
f 41 :< ‘ : ' lort * a3e ln present irrigation supplier.
sources and , thiS oonn9otion to be sough* from underground
fZf: p ** ls Knom > it «» only taka artesian form, as other
sup Axei] are ox fhar unsuitable or inadequate.
, l6 ‘ _ . T ' m 2? it is stated that aome time ago a well was amk in the
^Lt^ 0r ° 8 V^ ialand ° n the ^ t0 Hifaa frora
proved to be so sulphurous as to be useless* In the degression or basin
rell h at 0 rd^tb f iS i*2? 5 0Uth ° f K ^ aa > i?ater was ^served in one open
", 1 a “ 4 - of •>»«* 50 feet and in'another at 2~> - 30 feet from ground
surface, ihe water was sweet but geologists report that it aerelr 8
theae*^ 68 “f'*^** 1 ^* of raitl wat6r tti8 asall area in which
th ® ae rf* 3 tu ‘ e loaatedand it i a inadequate for irrigation, use inv
water wax* «ists south of. this area is said to belfry a^ne.^
iL‘ wM.oh geologists of the Bahrain Patroleuia Ob. Ltd.
^ « ai’tssian sup.,lies affords ths greatest guidance
This r-rorf- 1 ? l l ° £ 0 f sl , biliu «® extending cultivation in the island,
repo-s -* ;. ; »s she present artesian supply arises fro® water-
fZ ^JT^JL^V' 50 f3 f thictalsas a of aboS W feet
oontrfl Arabia %£> theL^a ouSop“ u in nl -
ss vs ”*r ““f* 1 ^ >isss , &jsira.‘2i»
“ srirs&st t. n ‘• u “ “ *-> *"
rt.„i.wry. It a sr etches under the sea to other islands,
extend rannh^Tr 413 ! 8 f® 501 ” 4 14 ls olear that the artesian zone does not
a ?u a11 ’ ° eyond 4h ® area is already oultivated and
lar"4lv tr ; ri0 pro " p f° ta of a ®oi«»ltural development are oenfi^d
If t 4d o^mons and iroprovaaieats within and adjoining that area.
rlporf !tete! tLr?o maat bs UBed »ith care. The
12 yaera as ° th ® Etesian belt was greater in area
water, s^e S hfve T ^ ^
thbwat 0t ’’? r WeUa imS beoom3 The effect is^the^ame^hethe^ 1
from' a tube^n Cia1 ^ or is P^d, as outside Zillaq where pu^olng
.rom a tube welj. was being done by a ?i H.R kerosine amine. This Lii ^
had never been fully artesian. engine, inis well
belt and 1 , indta4ion3 have been shown in the artesian
“srft^t/iw^T 8 ar l°r rdrawn > 4he Bahra i» Goverment\as^taken a
wise step in imposing restrictions on the sinking of new artesianwlll
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