Iraq to receive ‘guaranteed but not fixed’ water share from Turkey: Official

“Iraq will receive a guaranteed but not fixed water share under this formula, a first in the history of water relations between the two countries,” Torhan al-Mufti, an advisor to Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, said Monday.

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Iraq’s water inflows fall over 40 percent in five years: Monitor

“Iraq has already suffered from an unprecedented decrease in water revenues due to a reduction in incoming flows exceeding 40 percent over the past five years,” the Green Iraq Observatory said in a statement. 

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Chamchamal water project on track for completion this year

Ari Ahmad, head of the Kurdistan Region's General Directorate of Water and Sewerage, told The New Region that the Goptapa Water Project is around 40 percent complete and, if no funding issues arise, “will be completed by the end of this year.”

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Iraq’s southern marshes recovering after heavy rainfall

Iraq was hit by rainfall and flash floods earlier in December, with large parts of the country seeing rainfall in excess of 120 millimeters in some areas.

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Iran to resort to water imports amid scarcity crisis

“Water imports are on our agenda both virtually and physically,” Aliabadi said.

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