BUILD IRRIGATION CANALS IN CENTRAL HUNGARY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700050009-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 5, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION RESTRICT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPJR
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
LANGUAGE
COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Economic - Agriculture, irrigation
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PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
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PUBLISHED Budapest
DATE
PUBLISHED 16 Nov 1951
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BUILD IRRIGATION CANAIS TN CENTRAL HUNGARY
Baca-Kiskun County, also known as the Kiskunsag, is one of the poorest
agricultural producing regions of the country. In addition, flooding of in-
land waters swelled by heavy rains often causes considerable damage. A drein-
age canal constructed under the former regime to tap these inland waters
drained all water from the area, causing a high degree of drought. Inhabit-
ants of the area named the project the "cursed canal."
Since liberation, the government has been increasing the area of irri-
gated land yearly. A portion of an irrigation canal in the Kiskunsag has been
completed and will form an irrigation network with the Domsod flood control
canal, and the Danube Valley drainage canal.
The canal network will be fed by the Soroksar branch of the Danube, and
will be kept at a high level by water from two dams. The dams will permit the
level of the canal network to be kept at 97 meters above the level of the
Adriatic Sea. The average altitude of the surrounding territory is 95.50-96.50
meters. Thus, the fields may be irrigated by gravity, eliminating the need
for irrigation machinery and pumps. Construction of the dame has begun. The
Sari dam has been completed, and the Kunpeszer dam is being built.
As compared with the Tiszaorveny mechanical water lift, which pumps 6
cubic meters of water per second, the filled canal network will supply 13
cubic meters per second, making possible the irrigation of 26,000-30,000 cad-
astral yokes. With the construction of additional canals, the irrigation Sys-
tem will provide 23 cubic meters of water per second, permitting irrigation of
50,000 cadae+ral yokes. Gravitational irrigation permits a great saving in
irrigation machinery and fuel.
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