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    Post by Rocky Thu May 13, 2021 7:44 am

    Report: Iran and Turkey have a "crisis" despite the huge funds ... a warning of a "catastrophe" in Iraq

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    A press report warned, Thursday, of a humanitarian crisis, due to the low levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, while indicating that Iran and Turkey are preventing water from Iraq.  
      
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    The Independent Arabia website stated in a report, which was reviewed by "People" (May 13, 2021), that "the continued decrease in the volume of water coming from both Iran and Turkey, and the transformation of the coming winter into a dry season, will negatively affect the possibility of providing water for all needs in the coming seasons." ".  
      
    The following is the text of the report:  
    The significant decline in water imports coming to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers during the past few months heralds a humanitarian catastrophe in the coming years, if the Iraqi authorities do not deal with it seriously to ensure that its damages are mitigated and that it does not turn into a crisis that is added to the list of crises that the country has been witnessing for decades.  
    Iraq relies on feeding its rivers annually on the water coming from Turkey and Iran, especially in the spring season, as well as rain and snow, but the current season has witnessed a significant and unprecedented decline for years, which was evident in the decline in the area of ​​the Tigris and Euphrates rivers inside Iraqi lands.  
      
    Iran and Turkey blocking water  
    During the past years, Iraqi governments have repeatedly called on Iran and Turkey to negotiate in order to find solutions to the issue of water sharing, whether with regard to the Tigris and Euphrates, or to restore the course of the Karun River to its normal condition to feed the Shatt al-Arab, but these calls have not succeeded in achieving positive results that are mentioned. .  
    Although Iraq is an important trading partner for Iran and Turkey and one of the major importers of manufactured materials in these two countries, as well as his contract with their companies to implement projects in various fields, the Turkish and Iranian sides were moving in a opposite direction to the Iraqi rapprochement endeavor, as they took a series of measures that increased Dramatically cut water revenues to Mesopotamia.  
      
    Water stock  
    "The ministry will hold talks with both Turkey and Iran to agree on sharing water quotas for the Tigris and Euphrates rivers," said Aoun Diab, a spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources, referring to the possibility of meeting the water for the summer agricultural season.  
    He added that "the water revenues from the Euphrates are decreasing sharply and more than expected, in addition to a significant decrease in rain last April, which is reflected in the volume of water that feeds the river and the volume of available water reserves."  
    Diab explained that "the impact of the lack of water will not negatively affect the provision of water to irrigate crops for the summer season, because there is a water reserve in the dams," noting that "the amount of stored water is sufficient for the first irrigation of the winter agricultural season."  
    The drop in the water level in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers comes at a time when Iraq is preparing to start cultivating its summer crops, including the rice crop, which consumes large quantities of water.  
      
    Reducing agriculture in Diyala  
    On May 11, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that 1.8 million dunums will be planted as part of the summer plan to cultivate strategic crops and vegetables for the current 2021 agricultural season, which will be irrigated from river and well projects, down from the previous season 2020, which was an area of ​​2.4 million donums.  
    According to a statement issued by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Agriculture, Hamid Al-Nayef, the agricultural plan included cultivating 396,650 dunums of rice crops in the Euphrates basin, distributed over the governorates of Najaf, Diwaniyah, Muthanna and Dhi Qar. Al-Nayef stated that "the decrease in the water level in the Hamrin Dam, due to the lack of water revenues, made the agricultural plan in Diyala Governorate limited to securing water for horticultural agriculture exclusively."  
      
    The future is fraught with dangers  
    Diab expressed his fear that "the volume of water coming from Iran and Turkey will continue to decrease, and that the coming winter will turn into a dry season," noting that "this matter will negatively affect the possibility of providing water for all needs in the coming seasons."  
      
    Iran will deprive Diyala of water  
    The water level of the tributaries coming from Iran to the Diyala River and the Sirwan River has decreased, which affected the storage capacity of the Hamrin and Darbandikhan dams, according to Dhiab, who expressed his concerns about the inability to secure drinking water for Diyala Governorate completely due to the scarcity of water, explaining that “the tributaries of the Tigris were cut before Tehran is not new. The Iranian side cut the Karun River that feeds the Shatt al-Arab. "  
      
    Reduced revenue by 50 percent  
    The Iraqi Minister of Water Resources, Mahdi Rashid, held a meeting with his Syrian counterpart, Tamam Raad, via closed-circuit television on May 11, to discuss the acute shortage of water from the Euphrates River from Turkish territory.
    According to a ministry statement, the two sides discussed unifying the positions between the two countries to demand the re-flow of water in the Euphrates River, in accordance with the agreements in this regard.
    Rashid said, "The revenues of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers received from Turkey have decreased by 50 percent, and the revenues of the tributaries of the Darbandikhan Dam from Iran have decreased to zero percent and the Dokan Dam to about 70 percent." Mustafa Al-Kazemi and President of the Republic Barham Salih to resolve the issue.  


    A coming agricultural and environmental disaster  

    In turn, the researcher in the field of food security, Fadel Al-Zoubi, warned of "an agricultural, environmental and social disaster that Iraq will witness as a result of the expected shortage in its water imports from its rivers, especially the Euphrates," stressing the need for Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey to sit down to reach understandings to share the waters of the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates.  
    He added, "It is estimated that the water harvest of river basins will decrease globally, therefore, by 2025, half of the world's population will suffer from a shortage of water due to increased demand."  
    By the year 2050, there will be an increase in the world’s population by 50 percent, which will increase the demand for water and consequently force the world to reduce the area of ​​agricultural land, ”noting that“ expectations indicate that there will be a decrease in the level of groundwater, due to the lack of water imports. Resulting from rainwater. "  
    "The Tigris River suffers from a scarcity of its water imports due to Tehran cutting the tributaries that it feeds on after diverting its course inside Iranian lands, in addition to the projects that Turkey is building such as the Anatolia Grand Project and the Ilisu Dam project, which led to the reduction of the level of the Tigris River," Al-Zoubi said.  
      
    Water-sharing agreement  
    On the Euphrates River, Zoubi pointed out that “water imports from Turkey have decreased, especially since the Euphrates River enters the Syrian lands and then the Iraqi lands, which requires that Iraq and Syria sit down with Turkey to solve the water problem, especially since there is no agreement between these The three countries regarding the division of water quotas, "calling for" an agreement by Syria and Iraq, and then pressure on Turkey, given that they are the most affected by the reduction of water imports. "  
      
    Fertile ground for terrorism  
    Al-Zoghbi also warned of "an environmental catastrophe represented by the lack of water quality in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers as a result of the low water percentage, as well as the loss of many farmers to their jobs due to the lack of water sources, which will lead to high unemployment and constitute a fertile ground for terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking."  
    The Euphrates River originates from the Taurus Mountains in Turkey and penetrates the Syrian lands, then it enters the Iraqi lands at Al-Bukamal in Al-Anbar Governorate, where it meets the Tigris River, forming the Shatt Al-Arab with it.  
    The length of the Euphrates River from its source in Turkey to its mouth in the Shatt al-Arab is 2,940 kilometers, 1,176 kilometers of it in Turkey, 610 kilometers in Syria and 1,160 kilometers in Iraq. Its width ranges from 200 to more than 2000 meters downstream.  
    As for the Tigris River, it originates from the Taurus Mountains in southeastern Anatolia in Turkey and crosses the Syrian-Turkish border, and runs within the territory of Syria for a length of approximately 50 km, and then enters the lands of Iraq at the village of Fishkhabur.  
    The length of the river’s course is about 1718 km, and most of its course inside the Iraqi territory is about 1,400 km long. Five tributaries flow into it after entering the Iraqi lands, which are Khabur, the Great Zab, the Little Zab, the Azim, and Diyala. These tributaries bring two-thirds of its water to the river. As for the other third, it comes from Turkey.  
    Perhaps the lack of water imports coming to the Tigris and Euphrates will lead to a decrease in the quality of water, which will create environmental problems and lead to outbreaks of some diseases as a result of the receding of water and its impact on filtering operations and the quality and quantity of water for each citizen.  
    In the context, the Assistant Director of the Environment and Solid Waste Department in the "Baghdad Municipality" Ahmed Abdul-Ilah warned that "the continued scarcity of water imports of the Tigris River will affect the quality of water and the quantity supplied to the citizen."  
    "Its decline in the Tigris River will lead to a problem in the process of withdrawing raw water from the river, and an increase in the concentration of biological and chemical causes, which will affect its filtering," he added.  
    Abdel-Ilah affirmed, "There is no problem with the quality of the water supplied to the citizen now after conducting a series of tests on it recently." However, he expressed his concerns that its quality will be affected in the future, if the water recession continues in the Tigris River due to the lack of water imports, pointing out that "the majority of pollutants are In the river there are industrial pollutants and some hospital pollutants. "  
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