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equired amount of water for irrigation and stockbreeding in Hanekin region must be 6-7 cubic meters per second with the rising temperature. These news also point out the information that the river waters flow only 0.25 cubic meters per second within Iraqi borders. Khanaqin Chamber of Water Resources added that the insufficiency of the existing water flow damaged the environment and the agricultural and stockbreeding sectors to a great degree and that the agricultural lands had all gone dry. It is also emphasized in the report that 10% of regional cultivated lands have dried and that some of the farmers were left homeless as a result of the drought. Moreover, the product quality declined and there is a 80% yield loss, according to the report. In spite of the drought, over-exploitation of water resources and the decline in the precipitation, Iranian government realizes water projects and especially water transfers between the basins in order to meet the water demands of the rapid growth rate of Iranian population and the expanding urban structure. As to Iraq, it is planning to realize a number of projects concerning the evaluation and the storage of water resources during the rapid population growth and intense and rapid urbanisation process, especially in KRG. Both countries centered on realizing some projects especially on the tributaries of Tigris River and these projects were designed independently from one another and during the same period. This creates some problems about the use of such water resources as the al- Wand River and it is predicted that this problem will become more and more chronic. ―Al-Wand River Issue between Iraq and Iran‖, Tuğba Evrim Maden, ORSAM, 24/07/2012, online at: http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/WaterResources/showAnalysisAgenda.aspx?ID=1832 BACK TO TOP Page 9
Armenia to Help Iran Save Lake TEHRAN (Eurasia Review) — A senior Iranian official announced that Iran is enlisting Armenia‘s aid to resolve the rapid drying of Lake Oroumiyeh. MohammadJavad Mohammadzadeh, the head of Iran‘s Environment Protection Organization, announced today that Iran and Armenia have agreed on transferring water from Armenia to counter the critical fall in Lake Oroumiyeh‘s water levels. He remarked that hot weather and a lack of precipitation have brought the lake to its lowest water levels ever recorded. He added that recovery plans for the lake include the transfer of water from Eastern Azerbaijan Province. Previously, Iranian authorities had announced a plan to transfer water from the Aras River, which borders Iran and Republic of Azerbaijan. But that country objected, and the 950- billion-touman plan was scrapped. Armenia and Iran recently signed an agreement to cooperate on environmental projects. Iran maintains that the drying of Lake Oroumiyeh would be a ―national environmental catastrophe‖ that could also have adverse effects on neighbouring countries. Iranian officials have reported that half of the lake, a surface area of more than 3,000 square kilometres, has dried up and turned into salt fields. ―Armenia to Help Iran Save Lake‖, 03/08/2012, online at: http://www.ooskanews.com/daily-water-briefing/armenia-helpiran-save-lake_23707 BACK TO TOP Page 10
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