Syrian authorities made two water-pumping stations operational on Thursday, aiming to improve drinking-water supplies for around 2 million people in the Damascus countryside, officials said. The General Company for Drinking Water and Sanitation in Damascus worked with Syrian Civil Defense on the project. It restored 28 wells around the stations and installed booster pumps.
Water Infrastructure Restored
The work is intended to supply residents of Ashrafieh Sahnaya, Al-Kiswah, Al-Barda, Al-Salam suburb, Jaramana, Al-Qazzaz and parts of southern Damascus. Officials said the stations are operational and the wells have been restored as part of efforts to improve drinking-water supplies in those areas.
The project covered two pumping stations, 28 wells and booster pumps. But the source doesn't give the stations’ locations, their individual capacities, the amount of water they will deliver, or a timetable for service to each named area. It puts the intended number of beneficiaries at around 2 million people across the Damascus countryside.
Saudi Funding and Ongoing Needs
Saudi aid agency KSrelief funded the project, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. KSrelief also supports Syrian communities with food, shelter and medical supplies. The water project is one of several forms of assistance the agency provides to communities in Syria, according to the report.
Water and electricity networks ranked among the vital sectors damaged in Syria’s civil war between 2011 and 2024. That damage continues to raise concerns over access to reliable water systems. The report doesn't estimate how much damage this specific project repaired or how much restoration remains.
A Doctors Without Borders report in September warned that millions of people in Syria still lacked reliable water systems and faced a risk of disease. The information provided doesn't identify a year for that September warning. Its warning describes a wider water-access problem than the areas specifically named in the Damascus countryside project.
Humanitarian Assistance
Around 15.6 million people in Syria still required humanitarian assistance, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The figure came nearly two years after political change swept the country.
The pumping stations, restored wells and booster pumps are intended to improve drinking-water supplies for the listed communities. The available information doesn't say how many residents currently have reliable access, how much the new work will change that figure, or whether the project addresses needs identified by Doctors Without Borders. It reports the completed infrastructure work, the funding source and the continuing scale of humanitarian need. No further construction schedule is specified.