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| Topic Started: 21st November 2012 - 09:40 PM (44,991 Views) | |
| Qandil | 21st September 2013 - 09:41 PM Post #51 |
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He's still here. |
 
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| chivaz serko | 22nd September 2013 - 12:28 AM Post #52 |
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ohh my bad |
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| ALAN | 8th October 2013 - 03:12 PM Post #53 |
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Najmadin Karim visits Xasa dam project
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| ALAN | 25th October 2013 - 12:56 AM Post #54 |
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| ALAN | 3rd December 2013 - 09:52 PM Post #55 |
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Iranian Dam Projects Beginning of a Water War With Kurdistan By SALAR RAZA 3 hours ago Rahman Khani, director of the Darbandikhan dam, said that Iranian projects on the Sirwan River will have a considerable impact on the amount of water in Darbandikhan, where 70 percent of the flow comes from Iran. Photo: management of Darbandikhan Dam SULAIMANI, South Kurdistan – Iran is completing construction of a major dam on its western border, which the South Kurdistan next door says will have a huge impact on its own Darbandikhan storage facility and is the beginning of a water war by Iranian authorities. As the Garan Dam, east of the Iranian city of Mariwan and built on the waters that flow into the Sirwan River in South Kurdistan, nears completion its dangers to the South Kurdistan are becoming more evident. Rahman Khani, director of the Darbandikhan dam, said that Iranian projects on the Sirwan River will have a considerable impact on the amount of water in Darbandikhan, where 70 percent of the flow comes from Iran. “Several projects are under construction in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan and some of them are completed. These will have an adverse impact not only on the amount of Darbandikhan water but also on areas further down, in particular the Hamrin Dam,” Khani said. Kurdish water experts believe that completion of the Iranian dam will have disastrous environmental impacts on the South Kurdistan. A close look by Rudaw at Iran’s Garan Dam reveals it will reduce the amount of water flowing into South Kurdistan. Some areas such as Kusai Hajij will become submerged, and tunnels built by the Iranians will change the flow and keep much of the water in Iran. Khani said that according to the federal constitution, the Iraqi government has the right to follow up on international waters that are shared among Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. “As far as we know, the Iraqi government and parliament have made some efforts, but not to the extent of placing pressure on them (Iranian authorities). They have even failed to get necessary information on the projects,” he complained. Experts say that, compared to last year, the level of Darbandikhan water has decreased by three meters. They say that once Iran completes all of its dam projects in the area, even if Darbandikhan does not dry out it will no longer have the capacity to meet demand from surrounding areas. “Maybe Iran will not be able to completely block the flow of water into Darbandikhan, but during the water storage season we might face disastrous environmental consequences in the region,” Khani said. We can’t have an exact assessment of the consequences because we don’t have enough information on the dams that are built in Iran,” he noted. Akram Mohammed Anwar, director of South Kurdistan dams, accused Iran of turning a deaf ear to Kurdish concerns. “Iran does not listen. We have to pursue diplomatic ways to halt Iran’s projects. Two years ago, an Iraqi delegation headed by the Iraqi minister of water resources visited Iran but the visit was not fruitful,” Anwar said. “Iranians ignore our concerns. Several times, Iraqi delegations have been told by Iranians that Iraq and the South Kurdistan suffer from lack of water management not lack of water resources,” he complained. - See more at: http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/03122013#sthash.LRaxq8Qb.dpuf |
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| ALAN | 3rd December 2013 - 10:01 PM Post #56 |
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The opening of the new building for the General Directorate of dams and Water Reservoirs On 11/25/2013 in Erbil Professor Serwan Baban, Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government opened the new building of the General Directorate of Dams and Water Reservoirs. H.E Minister confirmed that during the ceremony which was attended by a number of officials on the importance of communication at work and the pursuit in order to accomplish projects, dams and reservoirs on schedule and according to the highest specifications to be in the service of the development of the strategic plan for the Ministry and achieve its main objective which is to secure food and water security in the South Kurdistan and the ministry’s program to give special attention towards the development of such projects in the field of culture with competent companies to implement them in accordance with the designs of modern scientific.  Mr. Akram Ahmed Rasul General Directorof Dams, his speech view the formation departments and functions of the Directorate-General and the completed projects where recent completion of the two water dams in Erbil and 3 dams in Sulaymania and Garmyan and one in the governorate of Dohuk, as well as a number of others which is now under construction it is hoped nearing completion the design of many dams in various strategic areas of the Region, Then the new building of Directorate of Dams consists of various Suites halls and rooms, and the amounted to the cost of establishing the new building more than (2/244) billion dinars. http://en.moawr-krg.org/?p=1499 |
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| chivaz serko | 8th December 2013 - 10:27 PM Post #57 |
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if iran cuts water to Kurdistan, then SK will be a desert within a year. most of SK is already dry enough we cant afford to lose the little water we have left. barzani better act up... |
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| ALAN | 9th December 2013 - 12:58 AM Post #58 |
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Concluded a contract to build Chaqchaq dam in Sulaimania Posted on December 5, 2013 In the presence of Professor Serwan Baban, Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government and Marwan Ahmed Kurdi Director of Marwan company- Jordan and Shwan Hassan Salem, Director of the Azadco Company has been at the Ministry concluded of a contract to build Chaqchaq dam project in the governorate of Sulaimania. During the ceremony of the contract which was attended by a number of General Directors in the ministry, H.E. Minister focused that the ministry is determined to implement irrigation projects are in earlier stage designs and H.E. Minister stressed that the ministry their part of its strategy and moving toward increasing the quality and quantity of production and self-sufficiency for strategic with consideration of climatic changes taking place in the world, and the South Kurdistan, It should be follow the new methods of agriculture and to suit the overall climate and the new director of the two companies the implementing of project they are ready and commitment to the ministry’s instructions and an end to the project as scheduled, they noted that their goal is to participate in the reconstruction of infrastructure to the South Kurdistan. The Chaqchaq dam has a height of 26 meters and able to store 3 million cubic meters of water and the total cost of 16 billion dinars and the period for completion of the project is (900) Day, the aim is take advantage of the irrigating and protect the area from flood risk and to give them the nature of tourism and the dam is (8) kilometers north Sarchnar resort in the Sulaimania governorate. http://en.moawr-krg.org/?p=1506 |
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| ALAN | 18th December 2013 - 08:59 PM Post #59 |
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| ALAN | 24th December 2013 - 11:14 PM Post #60 |
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| Ali Alqosh | 24th December 2013 - 11:53 PM Post #61 |
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Actually we don't need the rivers as much as you are claiming we do. It's good for the food chain however the weather doesn't rely on it (actually it does but one river doesnt matter that much since we have Tigris and Eufrat the the west and south and small/big lakes and other small/big rivers). The reason why baghdad and other places in southern and central Iraq is dry and are deserts are because of the Sumerians, who used this specific river who later on bounds to the Tigris river in southern Baghdad. They used these rivers to irrigate their crops and as you might kmow these rivers (Tigris, Eufrat, Sirwan etc etc) possess high salinities (not too high but it ain't freshwater). Over time, they reallized that their harvest no longer was as big. However they kept on with watering their crops, I mean they didn't knew it was the waters fault that they couldn't grow anymore. Over additional time they fled, probably to the north (Kurdistan). They fled because they couldn't grow crops anymore. It turned into a massive desert. 5000 years ago the place(Iraq) was a paradise! Also, when they irrigated some of the water never could be absorbed by the root because it was so warm that some of it evaporated, however the salt never went anywhere, now did they? You can say that the Summerians were the first big polluters!  Once the arabs came, it only got worse, I mean it wasn't like the Arabs came with all the ''Let's save the nature'' mentality. EDIT: If you didn't knew salt turns mud and earth into sand! 
Edited by Ali Alqosh, 25th December 2013 - 12:22 AM.
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| ALAN | 25th December 2013 - 09:02 PM Post #62 |
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Nice roads  far out in 2010 there was no roads 
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| purearch72 | 25th December 2013 - 09:59 PM Post #63 |
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Use pdki and komala as a bargaining chip I don't want them to be used As pawns but I don't want our south kurdistani brothers to be in drought if they cut water krg so threaten that they will let pdki be active and they will open damns right away I Garentee it. |
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| ALAN | 29th January 2014 - 07:46 AM Post #64 |
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A contract concluded to build Zalan dam project in the Sulaimania governorate Posted on January 27, 2014 In the presence of Professor Serwan Baban, Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government and Salar Ayuz Aliara General Director of EvYol Company for private sector and Hussein Jalali, General Director of AbNiru Company, they concluded a contract to build Zalan dam project in the Sulaimania governorate. At the conclusion of the contract ceremony, General Directors for Dams and Water Reservoirs and Planning was attended, H.E. Minister noted that the ministry is determined to implement the project on the basis of competition and transparency because the main objective is to ensure food security and irrigation and the allocation of those projects to increase production service, in another axis the two director companies for implementing the project said their full commitment with the ministry instructions and the completing of the project on time with the basis of quality and international standards and they stressed that the goal of their companies is to participate in the reconstruction of infrastructure and the region’s economic progress. The cost of Zalan dam project (23) billion and (977) million and (717) thousand dinars on the budget of the Kurdistan Regional Government, the height of the dam (36 meters) with width (8.5 meters) and after the completion of the project able to store 30 million cubic meters of water and it takes a period of construction (1095) days, The of project is to irrigating large expanses of land with giving the nature tourism to the region and take advantage of it after in the tourism sector as well as revive the groundwater. On the other hand H.E. Professor Serwan Baban Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government received Dr. Yousif Shtainer, Director General of the Austrian company Nouri Vit and his delegation, which included a number of engineers and consultants, also in the meeting General Director of Planning and Follow up was attended, in the meeting they discussed ways of cooperation and coordination between of them. The visiting delegation pointed that to implement the project produce organic fertilizers which empty of any chemical material, in the first stage have bring 20 tons of it to display and distribute among the farmers and without any charge to find out how to accept the nature of the Kurdistan Regional Lands later the opening of a factory for the production of fertilizer in the region. In another hand H.E. Minister focused that the ministry has been a plan to insurance and fertilizer to farmers each year to support a company that offers good quality within the competition, and to hold a meeting between the technicians of ministry and company and mentioned that to suitable mechanism for the implementation of the project and also the official based of company in Austria and has branches in Dubai and the South Kurdistan and a number of countries in the Middle East, Europe, North Africa and Asia. http://en.krg-moawr.org/?p=1564 |
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| ALAN | 30th January 2014 - 07:32 AM Post #65 |
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Suli - Sûrqawshan dam U/C
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| ALAN | 1st March 2014 - 01:19 AM Post #66 |
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3rd Ifraz water treatment for Hewlêr
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| ALAN | 4th March 2014 - 04:04 PM Post #67 |
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KRG Closes Dokan Dam Irrigation canals in Haweeja, Archive Posted: March 1, 2014 at 6:44 pm The Dokan dam has been closed by the KRG. As a result hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in the districts of Daqooq and Haweeja are likely to no longer be viable. “If the KRG does not release the water within ten days, 400-500 thousand acres of agricultural will wilt and die,” the Director of Agriculture in Kirkuk, Mahdi Mubarak Kakaee told Kirkuk Now. Kurdish officials attributed the closure to lack of water while some media reports say that the KRG uses the dam as political pressure and as a response to the Iraqi government’s recent economic sanctions on the KRG. “The Region has promised to release water from the Dokan dam but has not stated when. If it doesn’t rain soon, large proportions of the crops will be lost,” the director of agriculture said. On the other side, the mayor of the Haweeja district, Subhan Khalaf Al-Jubory told Kirkuk Now that, “The farmers in the area are worried about the amount of water in the Dokan reserve. The heads of the tribes near Dokan asked the KRG and the governor of Kirkuk to appoint a delegate to visit the South Kurdistan to help solve the water shortage problem.” Aso Hameed, Kirkuk Now Read more: http://kirkuknow.com/english/index.php/2014/03/krg-closes-dokan-dam/#ixzz2uyHFZjHO |
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| ALAN | 13th March 2014 - 03:32 PM Post #68 |
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From an iraqi site  Will South Kurdistan resort to shutting off water from the center? “Water” is a new crisis that lingers in the horizon between the center and South Kurdistan. This crisis is not any less important than that of the budget and oil exportation. Many discussions are taking place in South Kurdistan to cut off the water that flows to the center from Dukan Dam and Darbandikhan Dam; while many parties refuse to use water to push for political issues. Water remains an important life-sustaining element as its scarcity leads to the decrease of economic and human activity. Kurdistan’s neighboring regions will undergo these consequences in case there was a real water shortage in Dukan Dam and Darbandikhan Dam. Dukan Dam impounds the Little Zab River located at 60 kilometers north-west of Al Sulaimani and about 100 km away from Kirkuk. Any shortage in the water of this dam will greatly influence the agricultural regions of Kirkuk; especially if the relevant authorities do not exert any effort to make up for the current lack in water due to the scarcity of rain. Darbandikhan Dam is located in Al Sulaimani province and works on electricity. Any shortage in the dam water will directly influence the agricultural lands in Kirkuk and Tawz in Salahuddine as well as other regions in Diyala. Observers consider that it might be impossible to solve the water problem as well as previous crisis such as the budget and the oil exportation; unless the different political parties reach a constitutional compromise. http://www.alsumaria.tv/news/94380/will-iraqi-kurdistan-resort-to-shutting-off-water/en |
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| ALAN | 2nd April 2014 - 09:32 PM Post #69 |
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Water project finished in Kerkûk |
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| ALAN | 10th August 2015 - 03:57 AM Post #70 |
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Water shortage hits South Kurdistan cities Posted on August 9, 2015 by Editorial Staff in Environment, People ERBIL-Hewler, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— Authorities in Iraq’s Kurdistan region have asked people to reduce their water use as the region is currently suffering from one of the largest shortages of water in more than a decade. Hewlêr’s municipality has imposed mandatory water rationing as of this year and announced it will charge those violating the rationing. The municipality has also urged the public to refrain from washing their vehicles with drinking water. “I have been running down the alley every day since the summer started just to bring water to my house,” one man who lives with his family in a suburban Hewlêr neighborhood told Rudaw. “It’s not just me, it’s the whole of the neighborhood.” According to the Kurdistan Ministry of Planning, around 14 percent of the Kurdistan region population, or roughly 700,000 people, have limited or no access to drinking water in the three provinces of Sulaimani, Hewlêr and Dohuk. The three dams in Dukan, Darbandikhan and Dohuk have traditionally supplied the region with tap water. In late 2000, authorities completed a major water station called Ifraz, which with its capacity of 25,000 cubic meters per hour was supposed to end the shortage in the capital. But authorities have said the rising demand due to rapid population growth and systematic waste of water by the public are driving the recent scarcity. Frequent power outages have been a source of concern for residents across the Kurdistan Region and southern Iraq. In the past weeks protests spread in in South Kurdistan against lack of public services and power shortage. Residents of a community on the outskirts of South Kurdistan capital city of Hewlêr took to the streets last week, joining protests across Iraq against frequent electricity and water cuts. http://ekurd.net/water-shortage-hits-iraqi-kurdistan-cities-2015-08-09 |
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| ALAN | 17th November 2015 - 01:13 AM Post #71 |
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Japan has been awared by KRG to fix Halabja and Hawler's drainage system  http://cabinet.gov.krd/a/d.aspx?s=040000&l=13&a=53934 |
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| ALAN | 17th November 2015 - 11:31 PM Post #72 |
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Dont know about Halabja never been but Hawler needs this so badly... |
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