Water Quality in Iraq November 21, 2016 Presently, Iraq is contending with two types of water quality issues. One is salinity, the other is the concentration of pollutants in the water related to municipal, industrial and agricultural activities that introduce return flows into freshwater sources. Tags: 2011 - 2012 - Agriculture - Aquifer - Baghdad - Basra - Biodiversity - Brine - Conference - Culture - Desert - Desertification - Drainage - Drought - Education - Environment - Euphrates - Fanack - Groundwater - Infrastructure - Iraq - Iraqi - Irrigation - King - kurd - Kurdistan - Law - legislation - Ministry - Mosul - National Framework - papers - Pollutants - Population - project - Rainfall - Resources - River - Salinity - Sewage - Solar - sources - State - Surface Water - Tigris - Treatment Plants - United Nations - War - Wastewater - Water - Water Quality - Water Resources - Water Treatment Plants - World Health Organization
Water Resources in Iraq November 20, 2016 The two dominant rivers in Iraq are the Tigris and Euphrates. The watersheds, including their tributaries, account for 100% of the country’s surface water. Tags: 2003 - about - Anatolia - Aquifer - Basin - Basra - Conference - Desalination - Desert - Desertification - Drainage - Environment - Euphrates - Fanack - Groundwater - Industry - IoT - Iran - Iraq - Iraqi - Irrigation - King - Middle East - Ministry - Oil - Osmosis - papers - project - Resources - River - Salinity - Security - sources - Surface Water - Tigris - Transboundary - Turkey - UNESCO - War - Water - Water Needs - Water Resources
Political Context December 15, 2015 The political climate in the Middle East makes it impossible to discuss water without addressing the political contexts that have shaped its availability. Tags: 1947 - 1948 - 1967 - 1993 - 1995 - 2011 - Access to Water - Accords - Aquifer - Basin - Border - British Mandate - Climate - Fanack - Gaza - Gaza Strip - Golan Heights - governance - Groundwater - Iraq - Irrigation - Israel - Israeli-Palestinian - Jordan - Jordan Valley - King - Lebanon - Mandate - Middle East - Mountain - Mountain Aquifer - NGO - Occupation - Oslo Accords - Palestine - Palestinian - papers - Partition Plan - Policy - Pollution - project - Resources - River - Sadat - Security - Sinai - sources - Sovereignty - State - Surface Water - Sustainable - Syria - The Johnston Plan - The West - United States - Valley - War - Water - Water Resources - West Bank - World Health Organization - إسرائيل - الأردن - مصادر
Further Reading October 19, 2015 Further Reading Tags: 2011 - 2012 - about - Culture - Desalination - ISIS - Israel - Jordan - Mediterranean Sea - Mekorot - Palestine - papers - Policy - Pollution - Resources - River - sources - State - Sustainable - Wastewater - Water - Water Efficiency - Water Pollution - Water Resources - Water Sector
Shared Water Resources August 4, 2015 Shifting regional relationships have affected Jordan’s access to these shared resources throughout the country’s history. In several cases, Jordan has received less than its equitable share of the resource, as upstream neighbours overexploit rivers and groundwater sources through damming, diversions and pumping. Tags: 1947 - 2003 - 2008 - 2012 - about - Access to Water - Aqaba - Aquifer - Basin - Border - Fanack - Groundwater - Hussein - Irrigation - Israel - Jordan - King - Lake Tiberias - Lebanon - Media - Middle East - NGO - papers - Peace - Pipeline - Political Reforms - Politics - Power Generation - project - Red Sea - relations - Resources - River - Saud - Saudi Arabia - Security - Shared Water - Shared Water Resources - sources - State - Syria - Syrian - Treaty - United Nations - Water - Water Resources - Water Use - Yarmouk River