Expected Future of Water Resources within Tigris-Euphrates Rivers Basin, Iraq

Iraq is one of the riparian countries within basins of Tigris-Euphrates Rivers in the Middle East region. The region is currently facing water shortage problems due to the increase of the demand and climate changes. In the present study, an average monthly water flow measurements for 15 stream flow...

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Published in:Journal of water resource and protection 2014-04, Vol.6 (5), p.421-421
Main Authors: Issa, I E, Al-Ansari, N A, Sherwany, Govand, Knutsson, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Availability
Basins
Climate
Demand
Freshwater
Geoteknik
Rivers
Shortages
Soil Mechanics
Stations
Water resources
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Summary:Iraq is one of the riparian countries within basins of Tigris-Euphrates Rivers in the Middle East region. The region is currently facing water shortage problems due to the increase of the demand and climate changes. In the present study, an average monthly water flow measurements for 15 stream flow gaging stations within basins of these rivers in Iraq with population growth rate data in some of its part were used to evaluate the reality of the current situation and future challenges of water availability and demand in Iraq. The results showed that Iraq receives annually 70.92 km3 of water 45.4 and 25.52 km3 from River Tigris and Euphrates respectively. The average water demand in 2020 will increase to 42.844 km3.year-1 for Tigris basin and for Euphrates 29.225 km3.year-1, while water availability will decrease to 63.46 km3.year-1. This means that the overall water shortage will be restricted to 8.61 km3.
ISSN:1945-3094
1945-3108
1945-3108
DOI:10.4236/jwarp.2014.65042