The country's water storage is more than 8 times higher

[DoD]

Once they get the gas fired power plants installed an online the gas that they are flaring off will run these plants. Iraq has an abundant supply of natural gas which means it would cost zero to the country to run these power plants....not that it matters in Iraq but it's also clean energy. 

[ChuckFinley]

8 minutes ago, DoD said:

Once they get the gas fired power plants installed an online the gas that they are flaring off will run these plants. Iraq has an abundant supply of natural gas which means it would cost zero to the country to run these power plants....not that it matters in Iraq but it's also clean energy. 

This country is posed for great thing. 

[Butifldrm]

 

2019/05/17 13:05

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UN sends field mission to Mosul dam

 

Baghdad / Al-Masala: Sadr, Friday, May 17, 2019, an important report on a United Nations organization on the Mosul Dam in Nineveh province.

"The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Iraq ( OCHA) sent a field mission to the Mosul dam to assess emergency preparedness mechanisms," the report said.

"The management of the Mosul dam acknowledged that while the winter of 2018-2019 was one of the most abundant seasons recorded in terms of water quantities, the current capacity of the dam is more than enough to accommodate any additional flows," he said.

He pointed out that "the Mosul dam is witnessing careful maintenance of its foundations and walls and will be completed by July 2019," noting that "the return of more than 2000 families to the areas inhabited by villages adjacent to the Mosul dam."

 

Follow the obelisk 

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/171161/الأمم-المتحدة-ترسل-بعثة-ميدانية-إلى-سد-الموصل

[yota691]

Water Resources An assessment of the Badush dam is being carried out as a prelude to completion

Friday, 17 May 2019 33

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah

The Ministry of Water Resources, one of its directorates, commissioned a study aimed at restoring the completion of Badoush dam after years of stagnation, as the Ministry re-examined its construction in order to reach a final decision on its construction and the determination of its function.

The ministry's adviser Aoun Diab said in a statement to the «morning» that the ministry is determined to study the completion of Badush Dam through the Directorate of reservoirs and dams to assess the current situation and know the needs required by the dam as a result of neglect and climatic conditions experienced during the past years, Its construction is designed to suit the Ministry's need for dam and to define its work as a dam or dam.

He added that the ministry is currently studying the status of the dam in order to reach the final decision to rebuild it as an alternative to the Mosul dam or acts as a buffer for the water waves, indicating that the ministry is determined to restore it because of its importance and consider it an important outlet that believes in the needs and serves us in generating electricity and is also an assistant to plug Mosul, That the Mosul dam at the moment is safe and there is no concern on its part, but in the event of natural disasters such as earthquakes or floods, Badush dam is the bastion of the Mosul dam and an assistant to secure the country's long-term status.     

He pointed out that there should be alternatives to the dam to Mosul, Badoush Dam is located about south of the Mosul Dam about 30 kilometers, explaining that it must be built to serve the country and be a guarantee paper to contribute to avoid emergency situations and put them under control, adding that the ministry is also studying the case Badoush Dam will be flooded with the dam of the Mosul dam. If the water level is low, it does not serve the ministry and its plans, and a study and research is being carried out by the Directorate of dams and reservoirs to finalize the dam's work.

The construction of the Badush dam started in 1988 by a foreign company but was halted in 1991 because of the Gulf War. The portion of the dam was 30 percent, and electricity was planned to be completed. 

[yota691]

Baghdad launches campaign to remove excesses on the project of water hope

Local | 01:23 - 19/05/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - 
The governor of Baghdad, Falah al-Jazairi, Sunday, close to the launch of a major campaign to remove the excesses on the lines of crude carrier water hope. 
"The governor of Baghdad, Falah al-Jazairi, is inspecting al-Zawraa district to follow up the implementation of the campaign of (Baghdad Service)," the governor's press office said in a statement received by Mawazine News. 
He added that "the service effort of the province resulted in the implementation of many campaigns in terms of roads and cleaning and water projects and meet the needs of citizens urgent." 
According to the statement, "close to the launch of a major campaign to remove the excesses on the lines of crude carrier of the project of water hope and covers all areas of the plants." 
For his part, the director of water in Baghdad province Raad Khairi, the Ministry of Construction and Housing to "accelerate the operation of the water project Husseiniya to address the water shortage, especially with increasing consumption."

[Butifldrm]

 

Video .. Mosul dam returns to normal after the end of maintenance

[yota691]

Arab Ministerial Water Council: We support Iraq's rights in the Tigris and Euphrates Basin

Iraq

 27 June 2019 10:36 PM

Mubasher: The Arab Water Ministerial Council confirmed its support for the rights of Iraq on the conservation of water resources in the Tigris and Euphrates .

The Council called on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), on Thursday, to coordinate with the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources to see the strategic studies of water and soil resources 2015-2035, according to the UAE news agency "WAM ".

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry called on the Council of the League of Arab States to activate the decision of the Council of the Ministerial League No. 8300 on supporting Iraq in calling for water quotas with neighboring countries .

The Council renewed its support for the efforts of the Iraqi government to contribute to the reconstruction of the Iraqi Marshlands by providing financial support for the implementation of the strategic plan for development and maintaining the water share from the upstream countries for the prosperity of these lands and the return of life to them. Water projects in Iraq .

This came at the end of the eleventh session of the Council held at the headquarters of the Arab League, headed by Palestine .

The Council stressed the importance of enhancing the negotiating capabilities of Arab countries on shared water resources with non-Arab countries, pointing to the importance of expanding the use of non-conventional water .

The Council approved the composition of the Executive Office for the next two years 2020 and 2021, which includes (Kuwait as president - Algeria as vice president - and the membership of Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia ).

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Yota, this was in really bad shape at one point.

[yota691]

Water Resources: Water reservoirs provide for the country's need for two seasons

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad The Ministry of Water Resources confirmed on Tuesday that the water reserves believe the need of the country for two seasons, indicating that Iraq has asked Turkey to fill Alesso dam since last January. The ministry said in a statement received by "Economy News" a copy of it that "water reservoirs are good and secure all water needs for the purposes of agriculture, drinking, industry, municipalities and environmental purposes for the coming seasons."    "The Tigris River's water imports are higher than the annual rates this month compared to previous years," she said, adding that "Iraq has asked the Turkish side and since January of this year 2019 to start filling the Alesso dam."    The Elissu dam, which Turkey began to build in August 2006, is one of the largest dams it has built on the Tigris River. It can store an estimated 11,40 billion cubic meters of water, and the dam is about 300 km2. Views 20   Date Added 08/06/2019

[yota691]

The country's water storage is more than 8 times higher

Sunday, December 22, 2019 95

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah

 

The Ministry of Water Resources announced the rise of the strategic storage in the country to about 60 billion cubic meters compared to previous years, which reached rates of only eight billion, adding that the rise in these levels has cast a shadow over the marsh areas, where the percentage of submerged areas has reached 100 percent.

Minister of Water Resources Jamal Al-Adli said in a press conference: The ministry succeeded for the first time in delivering the water of the Euphrates River to the cities of Baghdad, Wasit and Amara, up to Qurna in Basra Governorate, indicating that the flow of the river is good and a large increase was recorded from its levels that did not happen previously. 

He explained that the Euphrates River was sometimes referred to its tributary at levels from the Tigris River, but the current year is the Tigris River less than its levels compared to last year, noting that the Euphrates River currently supplies Tigris with 200 cubic meters per second, pointing to the strategic water storage reaching about 60 Billion cubic meters, after it was 8 billion cubic meters years ago. 

He pointed out that this storage has now reached 46 billion cubic meters after consumption, as well as an exceptional summer farming campaign that was the largest, especially at the level of paddy farming and other crops. 

Al-Adly pointed to feeding the marshes with large quantities of water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, stressing that the ratios of their submerged areas exceeded 100 percent.

He mentioned that the Euphrates reservoirs, which are a modern dam and Lake Tharthar, have reached almost 100 percent of their water absorption rate. After the storage in Haditha Dam was about 600 million cubic meters, it reached nearly 7 billion cubic meters, and the Habbaniyah Dam contained 600 million cubic meters and currently it reached 3 billion cubic meters, while Al-Razazah did not reach for years, the water was dry, while currently the water is passed at 100 cubic meters per second. 

The Minister of Resources stated that as a result of the large strategic storage achieved in the past year, the Ministry managed to make the agricultural plan 100 percent successful for wheat, barley and fodder crops, as irrigated areas reached 6.1 million dunums, except for the cultivated areas that reached 10 million dunums, unlike last year where they were 500 thousand acres.

In turn, Chairman of the Agriculture and Water Committee in the House of Representatives, Salam Al-Shammari, stated that the Ministry of Resources achieved a fruitful work by diverting the course of the Euphrates River to feed the Tigris River with local efforts and efficiency, and this phenomenon has not occurred in the past.