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A withdrawal of water pumps in the Water Directorate of Nineveh
Nineveh Water Directorate announces the adoption of new methods to address the problem of low Tigris River
07/18/2013 17:08
Range Press / Nineveh
The Directorate of Water Nineveh, on Thursday, having to take new approaches to address the problem of low levels of the Tigris River, and demanded that citizens "rationalization of water consumption," while attributed the problem of water scarcity in the city to stop water pumps because of the fluctuation of electricity coming from Turkey and overtaking on the river.
The director of the mechanisms in the Directorate Ayman conciliator in an interview to (range Press), "The way the new work to draw water include raising the sediment around the pumps stations structure withdrawals by dredger amphibious allocated for this purpose and then be drilled area around the pump to be like swimming congregate by the water to be able to pump to pull water. "
The conciliator "This way of working is used for the first time in Nineveh province, in order to address the low water level of the Tigris River and operation of station crews clouds at maximum capacity."
For his part, Director of Information Department of Water Nineveh, Nassar al-Naimi, in an interview (range Press) that "the scarcity of water occurring at the present time in some areas of the city of Mosul, is due to the significant reduction made in the Tigris River, which impact negatively on the possibility of running water projects , "and demanded that" the people of Mosul rationalization in the consumption of water and do not encroach upon the water networks serve the public interest and overcome the crisis. "
He said al-Naimi that "the problem of scarcity of water in the left side of the city of Mosul back to the left side depends on Kahrbaúh on electricity coming from Turkey and this is exposed to fluctuations in voltages making water pumps stop," noting that "Work is under way now with the electricity network to re- voltage stability for the next two days in order to be able to water pumps working again. "
He continued Director flags of the Department of Water Nineveh that "The other problem that caused the scarcity of water is the presence of many agricultural pumps on the Tigris River."
The Water Directorate of Nineveh, announced on May 21, 2013, about to start a strategic project for drinking water design capacity of 16 thousand m3 / h, while the promised Nineveh province that the project which is the largest of its kind in Iraq "would end the suffering" lasted for about twenty years the population of the the right of the conductor as a result of water scarcity.
Residents complain city of Mosul, two months ago in the liquefaction water scarcity, which is cut off for several hours during the day, and the fear that Ttaker suffering every summer scarce water, although the water department opened two mega projects this year.
It is noteworthy that the drought crisis worsened in all Iraqi provinces during the years 2007 and 2008 and the subsequent due to low rainfall and poor use of irrigation water and low water levels of the Tigris and Euphrates, which already suffer from low Hssma in Iraq rose by two-thirds over the past 25 years.
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