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The UN’s Special Representative to Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, called for international assistance, particularly from Iraq’s neighboring countries, to help address the country’s water shortage and drought issues. Speaking on the sidelines of the Iraq Forum on Thursday, Hennis-Plasschaert stressed the importance of finding a comprehensive solution to the climate change …

The Water Resources Department in Saladin Governorate announced that the water reserves of the Tharthar Dam have risen at an unprecedented rate in three years due to heavy rains and torrents from the top Zab rivers and the lower Zab towards the dam. The department director, Bassam Abdel Wahid, stated …

Iraq made history as the first country in the Middle East to join the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (known as the UN Water Convention), according to a statement issued by the United Nations. Iraq became the 49th party to this unique international …

The Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, emphasized the importance of accelerating progress in water cooperation and managing available water resources more efficiently and effectively by riparian countries. Speaking at the United Nations Water Conference in New York, Rashid noted that estimates indicate that 107 countries are not on track to …

Iraq has long had problems with its water supplies. Climate change, which has an impact on the area’s security and tranquilly, has made these issues worse. Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the damage and violence resulting from the subsequent war and its aftermath have left more than …

Despite the rains witnessed during the winter season in Iraq, the water crisis still poses a threat to the country, and there are fears of the next summer season. On the other hand, the Ministry of Water Resources announced that the Euphrates River will dry up if Turkey continues with …

Iraq’s President Abdullatif Jamal Rashid highlighted the urgent need for executive and legislative measures to safeguard water security and emphasized the significance of embracing modern irrigation methods. The Presidency of the Republic released a statement confirming that the President chaired an extensive meeting on the water crisis in Iraq on …

Iraq plans to launch a project that will meet a major share of the country’s need for potable water, the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources said on Thursday, indicating that the project will be complete by 2035. In a statement issued earlier today, the Ministry said that it “coordinated with …

The team said that if this method succeeds commercially, the country will have an environmentally friendly fuel that could possibly replace petroleum, diesel, and compressed natural gas (CNG). The scientists also want to develop an indigenous magneto-electrolytic hydrogen generator. Scientists from India’s leading research facility, the Indian Institutes of Technology-Bombay, …

The US government is looking at easing regulations on shower fittings following complaints from President Donald Trump who has regularly railed against water conservation rules in his quest for “perfect hair.” On Wednesday the Department of Energy (DOE) said it was proposing to amend the definition of a showerhead to …

A group of astronomers may have found Earth’s long-lost cousin, discovering the first-ever “habitable” terrestrial planet with water in its atmosphere, according to new research aided by the Hubble telescope. Known as K2-18 b, the mysterious exoplanet is twice the size of Earth with eight times its mass, but its …

Baghdad and Ankara have agreed on building three water dams in the Kurdistan Region, a Kurdish lawmaker in the Iraqi Parliament revealed on Tuesday. Mohammed Amin, a member of the agricultural committee, pointed out that the three water dams, which are planned to be established in Meegasor town of Erbil …