HYDRO POLITICAL AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE WATERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

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HYDRO POLITICAL AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE
WATERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

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• ÖZDEN BILEN

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Table 1 Nile Water Allocation
Country Countries contribution to the water potential (km3) Water allocation according to the 1959 agreement
Egypt 0 55.5
Sudan 0 18.5
Ethopia 72 0
Other Upstream Countries 12 0
Evaporation Losses - 10
Total 84 84
Source Whittington, D., McClelland, E. (1991)
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AVERAGE ANNUAL FLOWS AND CONTRIBUTION OF RIPARIAN
COUNTRIES
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CONFLICTING DATA ON THE TOTAL IRRIGATION PROJECT
AREAS FED BY THE EUPHRATES
Source Bilen, Ö. (2000)
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WATER TRANSFER FROM THE TIGRIS TO THE EUPHRATES
Fortunately for Iraq, however, there is little
suitable land in these two countries by using the
waters of the Tigris. As a result, it seems
uinlikely that serious international problems
will be generates concerning the use of its
waters, and Iraq will be able to make use of them
for its own needs. This explains why Iraq is able
to divert a significant proportion of the flow of
the Tigris through the Tharthar basin to augment
the water resources of the Euphrates (Beaumont,
1978) Iraq could well make greater use of the
discharge of the Tigris. In fact, the Tharthar
canal project which at the moment diverts Tigris
water into the Tharthar depression, thereby
controlling floods, is planned to be extended to
the Euphrates, facilitating therefore the
transfer of flow from one river to the other.
(Anderson, 1986)
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