英国公共海湾公用事业公司 (ＧＶＣ)在 3月初宣称 ,它已与科威特接近达成协议 ,建设一条长 5 40ｋｍ的管道 ,从伊朗调水。该工程将“为科威特提供巨大的经济和环境保护效益”。工程投资估计为 2 0亿英镑 (合 2 9亿美元 ) ,预计 2 0 0 5年完成。该水管将从伊拉克北部的Ｋａｒｋ? Public Utilities Gulf Public Company (GVC) announced in early March that it had reached an agreement with Kuwait to build a pipeline with a length of 540 km to divert water from Iran. The project will “provide Kuwait with tremendous economic and environmental benefits.” The project investment is estimated at 20 billion pounds (2.9 billion U.S. dollars) and is expected to be completed in 2005. The water pipe will be from the northern part of Iraq to Kark?