The National Investment Commission has approved two investment projects with a total cost of $485 million, according to an official statement from the NIC on Tuesday. “The first is a housing project to set up a residential compound in al-Ameriya region in western Baghdad, while the second is to set up seven drinking water treatment […]
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Baghdad Water Shortage ‘Solved in 20 Months’
The water shortage problem in Baghdad will be solved in 20 months, the Baghdad Mayor Sabir al-Issawi said on Monday. “Stage – 1 of the Rusafa giant water project that will be soon finished will produce around 910 thousand cubic meters of water per day,” al-Issawi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the […]
Access to Water in Middle East & North Africa World's Lowest
People in the Arab world need fuller and freer information about shrinking water supplies but their governments are withholding it for fear of fuelling unrest, a United Nations expert said on Thursday. Arable land makes up just 4.2 percent of the Middle East and North Africa and is expected to shrink due to climate change […]
Basra Jail needs water
Basra Governor, Sheltagh Abboud al-Mayah, discussed on Monday with a delegation from the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). “The meeting tackled ways of providing the Basra central jail with water until completion of the al-Bahadriya project,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The governor suggested fixing five U.S. generators in the former presidential palaces […]
New Water Dam in Diyala
The Iraqi Water Resources Ministry said it has opened a new water dam in Diala province. “The dam will accumulate rain water,” the Ministry said in a release posted on its website. The Ministry said that the dam, constructed by local staff, can store up to 3.62 million cubic meters of water. “The project’s total […]
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Artesian Wells for Waset
The General Committee of Groundwater Resources in the Water Resources Ministry announced on Tuesday that it has started a project to dig 65 artesian wells in Waset this year. The project costs between 15 and 18 million dinar per well, the committee said. Groundwater committee started the process needed to dig artesian wells in eastern […]
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Water Resources Ministry Begins Reclamation Works in Anbar
The Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday said it has begun reclamation works along the Euphrates River in Anbar. “Technical teams and engineers from the State Authority for Irrigation and Reclamation Projects are currently doing reclamation works on a total area of 103,000 donums along the Euphrates River,” read the statement that was received […]
Water Shortages Impact Power Output
The issue of power shortages is related to water shortages, Electricity Minister Kareem Waheed said. Waheed said water shortages have forced his ministry to redirect investments in this vital sector. Power outages in Iraq may last up to 20 hours a day. Waheed said volumes of water reaching Iraq have dropped substantially . Iraq relies […]