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Water Security in Iraq Damascus 15 Sep 2010

Water Security in Iraq Damascus 15 Sep 2010. Dr. Hassan Janabi Iraq’s Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome. Irrigated Agriculture. Central Marshes. What is Water Security?. Accessibility in time and space. Utilization of the resource to achieve economic development.

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Water Security in Iraq Damascus 15 Sep 2010

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  1. Water Security in IraqDamascus 15 Sep 2010 Dr. Hassan Janabi Iraq’s Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome Irrigated Agriculture Central Marshes

  2. What is Water Security? Accessibility in time and space. Utilization of the resource to achieve economic development. Managing the resources sustainably to ensure the right quantity and quality.

  3. What is Water Security? Con’td 4. Water Sharing Agreement with riparian countries. 5. Environmental protection. 6. Balancing the demand on the resource.

  4. Countries contributing to Tigris R. Marshes Countries contributing to Euphrates R. Turkey Duhok Tigris Mosul Erbil Sulaimaniya Kirkuk 48 BCM Euphrates Syria Karkha R. Tikrit 28BCM Baquba Max Demand Iran Ramadi Baghdad Storing period Jordan Kut Hilla Karbala Amara Diwaniya Najaf M.O.D Samaw Nassirriya Basra Saudi Arabia Kuwait

  5. Control Structures Mosul Dam Tharthar Outlet Regulator Dokan Dam Dohuk Dam Adhaim Dam Tigris Haditha Dam Current Total Storage: 157 BCM Derbendikham Dam Hemrin Dam Tharthar Outlet Regulator Euphrates Tigris – Euphrates Regulator Ramadi Barrage Ramadi Barrage Diyala Weir Shatt Al-Arab Gharaff Regulator Fallujah Barrage Kut Barrage

  6. Ataturk 50 BCM 1990 Kerekaya 10 BCM 1987 Kiban 31 BCM 1975 Biricik 1.2 BCM 2000 Kerkamish 0.2 BCM1999 Tishreen 2 BCM 1999 Duz 3.5 BCM 1962 Tabqa 12 BCM 1975 Karun 14 BCM 2001-2006 (Series of dams) Kerkha 8 BCM 2001 Dam Construction since mid 1970s UNCLASSIFIED

  7. Declining inflows Trend Line

  8. 2005 – 1925Euphrates

  9. Storage Volumes • Turkish Storages • 92BCM on Euphrates • 17BCM on Tigris (planned) • Syrian Storages • 14.5BCM on Euphrates • 1.5BCM from Tigris (Previous agreement)

  10. How Water Security in Iraq is being impacted? Intensive construction of dams. Wars, particularly Iraq-Iran war and the occupation of Kuwait. Draining of the marshes. Pollution and degradation of water quality. Fast urbanization. High rate of water use (twice the population growth rate).

  11. How Water Security in Iraq is being impacted?...Cont’d Lack of long term water sharing agreement between riparian countries, Iraq, Syria, Turkey & Iran. Unsustainable approach in managing water resources in the upper reaches of Euphrates and Tigris rivers basins.

  12. How Water Security in Iraq is being impacted?...Cont’d Total Annual flow 2009 1937-74

  13. How Water Security in Iraq is being impacted?...Cont’d

  14. Iraq Water Requirement • Iraq has 22 million donum of cultivable land • 13 million donum are currently cultivated. • 4.3 million are equiped with irrigation and drainage network. • Water requirement in Iraq is estimated at 70 BCM per annum

  15. The way forward • Strict national water management strategy based on IWRM principles • Long term water sharing agreement. • Basin-wide & regional approaches to mitigate and adapt to climate change

  16. Water Security in Iraq • Thank you • Dr. Hassan Janabi • Iraq’s Ambassador to the • UN Agencies in Rome

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