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Water authorities in Syria's Daraa province reported a preliminary inventory of approximately 2,500 unlicensed wells in an account published by SANA on 18 September 2026. The statement was made on Thursday 17 September and described a census still under way. The figure should therefore remain approximate and provisional, rather than becoming a final verified count of every well in the province.
The authorities extended the period for declarations until the close of office hours on 1 October. That date has now passed. The September announcement should not be presented as an application window that remains open after its stated deadline. The source does not establish how many declarations were subsequently received or whether any later extension was issued.
The census and declaration process concern the regulatory status of existing groundwater wells. They are different from a new drilling license, a count of newly completed wells or an approval of every previously unlicensed asset. The account does not provide individual well coordinates, depths, pumping rates or a full public register of operators. It also does not establish a measured change in groundwater withdrawals resulting from the inventory.
For water-industry analysis, the update is useful as an administrative milestone and a reported estimate of assets requiring review. Its significance depends on follow-up records of declarations, permitting decisions and any enforcement outcomes. Those steps need separate official evidence. Keeping the provisional number, statement date and expired declaration deadline explicit allows the governance development to be followed without claiming that all listed wells have been legalized or that their technical condition and sustainable yield have been verified.