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Syria's public water company in Hama reported on 10 September 2026 that rehabilitation projects at Maarzaf, Jalma, Kafr Hud and Hasraya were nearing completion. The account published by SANA identifies cooperation with the Danish Refugee Council and Action Against Hunger. The projects are separate from the four eastern Hama water openings announced later in September; the named locations and delivery status are different.
The disclosed specifications show varied pumping and solar arrangements. Jalma includes a stated 60-cubic-metre-per-hour pump capacity at 90 metres of lift and 56 panels rated at 720 watts each. Kafr Hud has a 70-cubic-metre-per-hour specification at 120 metres of lift and 84 panels of 710 watts. These are project equipment details, not independently measured sustainable aquifer yields or identical specifications for every site.
The source also describes electrical backup concerns during cloudy winter conditions. This matters to the operating arrangement because a solar installation alone does not prove uninterrupted year-round delivery. The announcement does not give a complete reliability record, individual well depths, precise coordinates or a final contract cost. Near-completion status should not be rewritten as confirmed full operation at every project.
For water-well service analysis, the update provides location-specific design information and a stage of implementation. It points to pumping, power and disinfection requirements within rehabilitation rather than a count of newly drilled wells. Completion and service updates will be needed to assess actual delivery. Keeping each project's equipment attached to its location, and separating rated pumping capability from groundwater performance, makes the four interventions traceable without overstating either their completion or their production capacity.