Iraq’s water reserves have plunged to their lowest level in 80 years, a government official said, blaming a dry rainy season and dwindling flows from the rivers. “The summer season should begin with at least 18 billion cubic meters… yet we only have about 10 billion cubic meters,”

https://www.newarab.com/news/iraqs-water-reserves-fall-80-year-low-official-warns

by Wagamaga

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  1. Iraq’s water reserves are at their lowest in 80 years after a dry rainy season, a government official said Sunday, as its share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shrinks.

    Water is a major issue in the country of 46 million people undergoing a serious environmental crisis because of climate change, drought, rising temperatures and declining rainfall.

    Authorities also blame upstream dams built in neighbouring Iran and Turkey for dramatically lowering the flow of the once-mighty Tigris and Euphrates, which have irrigated Iraq for millennia.

  2. Ehhh, if you ask any urban western economist the answer is simple. You just need MORE people. Then ‘someone’, not me can figure ‘something’ out.

    The North American consumer way.

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