The Ministry of Water Resources announced, today, Tuesday, the signing of a contract with two international companies for the sustainability of water and land in Iraq.
A statement by the ministry stated, “The Minister of Water Resources, Awn Diab Abdullah, signed a contract with a consortium of the Italian company Hydronova and the Jordanian Concorde to update the strategic study of water and land resources in Iraq with a planning horizon that extends to 2035.”
It added, “The contract includes a study of the development work taking place in the riparian countries, and the impact of climatic changes and their implications for securing water of good quality for southern Iraq and the marshes in particular, as well as a study of the impact of groundwater on agriculture under the conditions of water scarcity expected in the future, in order to reach the ministry’s objectives by achieving the sustainability of water resources in Iraq.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency