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    A suffocating water crisis in Erbil

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    A suffocating water crisis in Erbil Empty A suffocating water crisis in Erbil

    Post by Rocky Fri 30 Jul 2021, 6:51 am

     A suffocating water crisis in Erbil

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    Citizens in the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Erbil, are now buying water at prices in excess of $50 per tank, as water was cut off more than two weeks ago in most areas of the Kurdish capital. Special water tanks hold 3,000 to 4,500 liters (about 800 to 1,200 gallons) of water used for drinking and washing; It generally lasts less than a week per family .
    A severe shortage of potable water has reached Erbil over the past two weeks due to drought in the region. Erbil depends on 65% of surface water coming from the Zab River and 35% on well water. Drought affected both sources .
     
    The Directorate of Water and Sanitation in the Kurdistan Regional Government announced on July 7 that the water crisis stems from the decrease in rain and snow, which affected the surface water. The directorate said that the decrease in rainfall and snow, along with the low level of groundwater and the drying up of many wells, is a result of climate change as well as high demand .
     
    Local authorities are now asking people to “rationalize consumption of water and put floating valves in water tanks to reduce any water wastage ”.
     
    In a press conference on July 10, Erbil Deputy Governor Omid Khoshnaw on a visit to Soran County said, “The water crisis in Erbil is under control and work is underway to resolve it .”
     
    He added that "the leadership of the regional government provides support to solve the crisis and reduce the effects of drought," noting the allocation of "one billion Iraqi dinars" (685,000 dollars) to solve the crisis .
     
    Masoud Karsh, Erbil's deputy governor and head of the governorate's Supreme Committee for Combating Drought, told Al-Monitor that the crisis is not new and is repeated every year - especially in the summer - as a result of high temperatures and power outages in the country. In addition to lower levels of rain and snow. Karsh said that the crisis is not in the entire province, but only in some areas, especially those located at high altitudes .
     
    The Iraqi Minister of Water Resources, Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani, said that "water releases from Iran have reached zero," noting that "efforts are being made to mitigate the effects of water scarcity in eastern and northern Iraq ."
     
    In an interview with Al-Monitor, Kurdish activist Murad Majid said that he considers cutting off Iranian waters a war on the Kurdistan region, adding that this is not the first time that Iran has cut off water from Iraq and the Kurdistan region in particular .
     
    Gulnar Ahmed, a resident of eastern Erbil, told Al-Monitor that the situation is difficult, as two days ago there was no water in the taps in the house. I went to the well near their house, but it dried up. "We no longer know what our options are, " she said.
     
    Ahmed said that the family has been waiting for the water truck to arrive all night and is now buying one water truck at a price of 80,000 Iraqi dinars ($55), which is a new burden on the family in light of the economic crisis in the region. years ago .
     
    Majid said that citizens of Iraqi Kurdistan also suffer from poverty, which makes it almost impossible for ordinary citizens to buy water for their homes .
     
    In such circumstances, the water crisis is expected to continue for a long time, as local and federal governments seem unable to resolve the crisis .
     
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