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Arab water security reality and challenges | ||
| Al-Ma'mon College Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 17, 2018, Pages 24-38 | ||
| Author | ||
| Kasim Sh. Mahmood | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Water condition in most Arab countries has witnessed a noticeable deterioration due to many interrelated factors; social , economic and political . This created a gap between what is available of the decreasing water resources and the increasing needs in some Arab countries. The gap has widened year after year. The Arab Homeland is considered as the poorest in water resources in comparison with other territories all over the world . The average ration of water for an individual is ( 1000 cubic meters per year ) compared with (5500 cubic meters per year ) in Africa and ( 3500 – 5500 cubic meters ) in Asia . In the light of the complication of the problems which face the security of Arab water , the following points should be taken into consideration : 1- Conducting a quantitative study to determine water stability . 2- Preparing special maps for river basins and geographical surveys of rivers mouths , natural and artificial lakes. 3- Conducting researches about underground storage and establishing networks for meteorology and follow up to stop the decrease in water levels . 4- Forming a national water policy concerned with determining priorities in distributing available water resources and pointing out the degree of food sufficiency. 5- Founding a common Arabian water establishment to provide countries with specialists in different water fields . 6- The investment of big rivers mouths especially. the Nile and Shatt-al-Arab. A great amount of fresh water in Shatt-al-Arab ( estimated by 25 billion cubic meters per year ) go unvested to the Arabian Gulf | ||
| Keywords | ||
| water security | ||
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