The Iraqi Agriculture Ministry has announced plans to save 3.6 billion cubic meters of water by deploying 35,000 irrigation sprinklers during the next planting season, according to AKnews. Ministry spokesman Karim al-Tamimi said the sprinklers were distributed among all provinces in the country. Iraq has suffered from drought due to a lack of rainfall as […]
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UK Companies to Build Water Purification Plants in Iraq
The Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works has announced that 12 British companies have agreed to build water purification plants in five Iraqi provinces, according to AKnews. Jassim Mohammed, media adviser at the Ministry, told the news agency that the new plants will be in the provinces of Anbar, Diyala, Najaf, Dhi Qar and Basra. […]
ProSep Awarded $6.5m Contracts in Iraq
ProSep Inc. (TSX: PRP) has announced that it was awarded three contracts with a new customer operating in Iraq, for the design and supply of a produced water package and water deaeration and fuel gas treatment systems. Together, these contracts represent a value of $6.5 million. The equipment provided will be installed at the same […]
KRG to Launch Major Sanitation Programme
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is embarking on a water supply and sewerage programme worth $910 million USD (1 billion IQD), according to AKnews. Samir Abdullah [Samir Abdullah Mustafa, Samir Akrawi], Minister of Municipalities and Tourism (pictured), told a press conference that the Goptapa-Chamchamal water project will supply drinking water for 300,000 people in central […]
Furrow Irrigation: Strategy to Save Water in Iraq
By Layth Mahdi, Agricultural Advisor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is divided into two Main Climate Zones. A dry rain-fed zone (300 – 350 mm/year) in the north and a dry to semi-dry (100 – 200 mm/year) in the central-south […]
Polluted Waterways could End Agriculture around Sulaymaniyah
Once the farms around the city of Sulaymaniyah provided all of the fruit and vegetables locals needed. Now climate change, pollution and illegal dumping in local waterways are forcing farmers out. “We can no longer grow vegetables here, that time has come to an end,” lamented farmer Mohammed Aziz. “The water is so dirty that […]
Three Dams Under Contruction in Kurdistan
The Kurdistan Ministry of Agriculture and Water is building three small dams to tackle the water crisis near Koya, Sulaimaniyah. Minister Jamil Suleiman told AKnews that the projects in Bawajan, Qoritan and Timarok villages will cost $552,500. The projects are funded from the 2011 ministry budget, have already been started, and will be completed within […]
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Iraq's Second-Largest Lake 'Dry in 2 years'
Almost 2,000 kilometres in size, Lake Razzaza is Iraq’s second largest lake. But increasing saline levels and decreasing water levels mean that the area is heading for economic, social and environmental disaster. And nobody seems to have any solutions. Once it was a centre for the local fishing industry, a lake teeming with commercial activity, […]
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Agricultural Oases to Tackle Desertification
The agriculture ministry has started work on a project to create green oases in various parts of the country as a way to combat a increasing desertification due to water shortages, according to a report from AKnews. The oases will be planted with palm trees and cultivated for agricultural purpose with irritation from wells. The […]
Iran 'Promises to Increase River Flow into Iraq"
Iranian officials have promised to allow more water to flow down the Wand River [Alwand River, Hulwan River] into Iraq from Monday, according to AKnews on Sunday. Salam Abdullah, the spokesman for a group of campaigning water activists said: “Iran has promised to completely open the flow of the river by Monday.” It is not […]
129 KM Irrigation Channel for Basra
Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources has announced the building of a 129KM irrigation channel from the Shatt al-Arab waterway. The channel will be lined with concrete, and will carry water at a rate of 30 cubic meters per second. The project, which will provide water for agricultural land in the Basra governorate, is expected to […]
Iraq Launches System to Safeguard Groundwater
The Government of Iraq reaffirmed its commitment to tackling the ongoing water crisis this month at a national seminar in Baghdad on 3 July 2011, ushering in phase two of the new National Hydrogeological Resources Assessment Network and Database for Iraq, known as geoFIA. This interactive web-based platform will help the Iraqi government to accelerate […]