Parliamentary committee warns of the collapse of the electrical system in the country
Parliamentary committee warns of the collapse of the electrical system in the country
2021-05-10
The Parliamentary Oil, Energy and Natural Resources Committee warned Monday of the negative repercussions of the low levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and their impact on providing drinking water, agriculture and operating electrical stations.
Committee member MP Sadiq Al-Sulaiti said in press statements, “The water imports from some tributaries to the Darbandikhan Dam have reached zero, and the lower Zab imports have decreased by 70 percent, which will negatively affect the country’s need for drinking water and irrigating agricultural lands, with the high salt tongue in the Basra province”.
He added that “the decrease in water imports has a negative impact on the reality of electric power, as the steam stations depend on high levels of river water as a result of their use of open cooling systems that consume large quantities of water, in addition to an expected decrease in the electrical energy produced from the hydroelectric stations.”
He called on the government, the Ministerial Council for Energy and the relevant ministries to “expedite the development of two plans; The first is quick and the other is long-term, to put in place real solutions and adapt to the reality of low water levels, because the crisis will repeat in the coming years in light of high growth due to the establishment of dams by neighboring countries at the sources and tributaries of rivers, as well as the increase in water consumption and the need to raise agricultural production, accompanied by it. High demand for electric power.
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