On Wednesday, a local company began work on the biggest drinking water project in Basra, a local official said. “A local company started today to implement the al-Khatwa water project, the biggest drinking water project in the al-Zubeir district in Basra,” Abbas Rasham, the district’s mayor, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The project will contribute […]
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UN Initiative to Alleviate Water Shortages in Iraq
UNESCO has launched a scientific survey of Iraq’s groundwater in an effort to improve the government's ability to address water scarcity in the country. Iraq is currently facing severe water shortages across most parts of the country, with over 7.6 million Iraqis lacking access to safe drinking water, and an agriculture sector suffering from years […]
Water Resources, Land Reclamation Project in Karbala
The Ministry of Water Resources celebrated the opening of a major land reclamation project in Husseiniya, which is located on the East of the Euphrates River. Karbala's governor, Prof Amal Al-din Mejid Al-Herr, was also in attendance. A press statement issued by the ministry said that the project included a network of irrigation channels and […]
Iraq Aims to Raise Water Sector Investment
Iraq needs to spend more than $1 billion a year to develop its water sector in the coming years as the war-battered country grapples with water shortages, Iraq's minister for water resources said on Sunday. Iraq has spent $1 billion each year since 2007 for water projects with funding from the government as well as […]
Tags: Irrigation, Water
Iraqi Government to Build 32 Dams
The Iraqi water expert Mohammad Hnedy announced today that the Water Resource Ministry (WRM) plans to establish 32 water dams, according to a report from AK News. The first stage of the designs are already completed. “There is a concern that the project might cause tensions among the provincial governors and political leaders in Iraq,” […]
Tags: Irrigation, Water
Iraqi Government to Tackle Drought
"The Iraqi government will take new procedures to combat drought in Iraq. It will launch a new initiative to control the drought and support the agricultural initiative that started last year", a source in the Iraqi government said on Tuesday, as reported by AK News. "There is a fear that the water levels in Tigris […]
Iraq Disputes so-called 'Friendship Dam'
According to a report from AK News, the Iraqi government has increased its diplomatic efforts with Syria and Turkey regarding their plans for the Tigris River. "Iraq will form a delegation of experts in the fields of water and agriculture to visit Turkey, Syria and Iran soon, to persuade those countries on the size of […]
Lack of Water Could Shut Thermal and Hydro Power Plants
Low water levels from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers may force Iraq to shut down its thermal and hydro power plants, a government spokesman said. The spokesman, refusing to be named, said the volume of water reaching Iraq from the two rivers, which originate in Turkey, had fallen to unprecedented levels and may eventually not […]
Lack of Water Threatens Iraq's Long-term Stability
Reuters‘ Serena Chaudhry reports lack of water is ruining crops and farmers’ livlihoods. She cites the case of Abdullah Hasan a 50-year-old father of five from Falluja in western Anbar province who has been was forced to abandon his 50 acres of land and take a job in construction after years of drought killed off […]
US Charity provides ID90m for Water Project in Talafar
A project to extend a water network in al-Jazirah neighborhood in southern Talafar district, western Mosul, at a total cost of 92 million Iraqi dinars was finalized on Sunday, the mayor said. “The three-km-long project to increase the drinking water network was finalized today (May 23). It has been made possible through finance from a […]
Water Resources Minister Urges Dutch Companies to Invest in Iraq
Water Resources Minister Abdulatief Jamal Rashied on Thursday called on Dutch companies to invest in Iraq, mainly in irrigation projects, according to a ministry’s statement. “This came during his meeting with Dutch Ambassador in Baghdad Peter Van Liven, with whom he discussed ways of boosting bilateral relations in irrigation ,” said the statement received by […]
10 New Water Projects in Muthana
Ten new water projects are underway in al-Muthana province. “The projects aim to improve water services in al-Muthana,” a local source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Wednesday. He noted that there could be a potential shortage in water during the summer. ( Aswat Al Iraq )