Approximately 68% of the Tigris River basin revenues and 97% of the Euphrates River revenues flow in from outside Iraq (Turkey, Syria and Iran). As a result of the evolution use of water in those countries (by irrigation and storage projects), with the absence of mutual agreements that determine each `ountry’s share of the water and as Iraq is a downstream position leaves the country in an awkward position due to the negative effects this has on countries located in an upstream position and disturbs their procedures amidst the reality that illustrates that an approximation of only 55% to calculate the available water resources of the total requirements.
This shortfall necessitated reconsideration into the adoption of water resources for industrial purposes; including future construction of electrical energy steam power plants, as they mainly rely on river water to complete the cooling process. Additionally, future lower water levels in rivers below the average levels could influence the work of the recirculation pumps in the water outlet level, which ultimately leads to damaging the pumps because of the phenomenon of cavitation.
