"Disaster" looming in the horizon .. the country of the rivers without water enough

"Disaster" looming in the horizon .. the country of the rivers without water enough



Editor Duraid Salman - Friday 5 January

Alsumaria News / Nineveh
, while gathering Turkey water behind big dams, increasing fears in Iraq next door, there is an inverse relationship with all its data indicate that Mesopotamia on the verge of a horrific drought does not keep nor WeatherBug the situation continues as it is.

According to the specialist in the Iraqi water resources, Ahmed Ali al-Azzawi said in an interview for Alsumaria News that "the water quota of Iraq began to decline because of the collection and storage of water in the Turkish Alesso dam ahead of schedule," warning that "this means a drought in the Tigris And the exit of agricultural areas outside the annual plan, and the destruction of the Iraqi economy.

"The Iraqi government should open channels of communication with the Turkish side to prevent this," he said, adding that "the Tigris River levels began to decline in the Zab River, which passes through the provinces of Nineveh and Salahuddin to Baghdad, and this began to sound the alarm."

"Iraq now depends on the water flowing from Turkey through the Tigris River in the irrigation operations that feed the projects of potable water in addition to the irrigation and farms and dozens of projects in the sectors of industry and agriculture," warning that "the continued decline of water Tigris will have an environmental impact And agricultural up to the extent of drought. "

An environmental disaster on the horizon for
 
his part, said the chief engineer and project manager dam Mosul"The levels of the Tigris River according to quantities received less 50 percent than last year, which was accepted," noting that "the Mosul dam records daily amounts received, where it reaches 240 cubic meters, and this figure fell a month ago to 120 cubic meters This percentage varies depending on the releases of the Turkish side. "

"The reduction of the Turkish side of Iraq's water quota means an environmental disaster in the coming summer and Minister of Water Resources Hassan al-Zaidan discussed with the Turkish side this issue, as well as the Director General of the dams will be in the next few days talks with the Turkish side to determine fixed quantities of quota Water for Iraq ".

"The water quota in the Tigris River during this period decreased, because the Turkish side wants to fill the Alesso dam in the months after it has already started to store water in this dam," he said.

Expectations by harsh summer
 
For his part, said a member of the Nineveh province, Hussam al-Din al-Abbar said in an interview with Alsumaria News that "the decline of the levels of the Tigris River will significantly affect the reality of the environment and agriculture and even drinking water," calling on the Turkish side to "increase water releases across the Tigris River so as not to affect the reality of Iraq Agricultural in the coming summer. "

"The Tigris River is the lifeline of Nineveh and Iraq and we have fears of a water crisis," he said.

Turkey has built 14 dams on the Euphrates River and its tributaries within its territory and 8 dams on the Tigris River and its tributaries. Turkey needs several years to fill the artificial lakes behind these dams. Syria has built five dams, three of which were built in the mid-1960s. Releases that are often few except during the flood season.

A severe water crisis has begun to hit southern Iraq and could lead to the end of agriculture in several provinces, according to the Agriculture and Water Committee, which warned of a drought that could end thousands of dunums in Basra, Dhi Qar, Maysan, Najaf and Muthanna.

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