Iraq Country Water Resource Assistance Strategy : Addressing Major Threats to People's Livelihoods

Iraq Country Water Resource Assistance Strategy : Addressing Major Threats to People's Livelihoods

This report for Iraq - country water resources assistance strategy (CWRAS) addresses these objectives in two parts. The first part, which is largely descriptive, reviews existing conditions and summarizes Iraq's considerable accomplishments ov...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCOUNTABILITY TO USERS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AQUIFERS AVAILABLE WATER AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES BARRAGES BULK WATER BULK WATER SUPPLY CANALS CAPACITY BUILDING COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE CONFLUENCE CONSTRUCTION COVERING CROP PRODUCTION CUBIC METERS DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DISCHARGE DISSOLVED SOLIDS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DIVERSION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS FARMERS FARMING FARMING PRACTICES FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD RISK FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY GOVERNMENT FINANCING GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HOUSEHOLDS HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROGEOLOGY HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER CAPACITY INDUSTRIAL USE INDUSTRIAL WATER INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT PLANNING INVESTMENT PROGRAM IRRIGATION IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY IRRIGATION WATER LAKES LAND REFORM LARGE DAMS MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OF WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES MARSH MARSHES MIDDLE EAST MUNICIPAL SERVICES MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL WATER PLAN NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY NORTH AFRICA ON-FARM WATER MANAGEMENT PERMITS POOR WATER QUALITY POTABLE WATER POTABLE WATER QUALITY POWER GENERATION PROGRAMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROPERTY OWNERS PUBLIC WORKS PUMPING PUMPING STATIONS QUALITY OF WATER QUANTITY OF WATER RAINFALL RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION RAW SEWAGE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT RESERVOIRS RIPARIAN RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS RURAL COMMUNITIES SALINITY SANITATION SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SEDIMENTS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE STANDARDS STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY USE OF WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WASTEWATER SECTOR WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CONVEYANCE WATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEMS WATER CRISIS WATER DEMAND WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER FLOWS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER LEVELS WATER LOGGING WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT TOOLS WATER PARTNERSHIP WATER PRICING WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RIGHTS WATER SALES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER TRANSFER WATER USE WATER USERS WATER UTILITIES WATERS WELLS WETLANDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7269106/iraq-country-water-resource-assistance-strategy-addressing-major-threats-peoples-livelihoods http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19449

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Summary:	This report for Iraq - country water resources assistance strategy (CWRAS) addresses these objectives in two parts. The first part, which is largely descriptive, reviews existing conditions and summarizes Iraq's considerable accomplishments over the past decades in developing and managing water resources. The second part investigates challenges and priorities-how to balance the needs of short-term reconstruction and the long-term infrastructure and institutional development requirements. Overall, the report recommends interim donor assistance to the Government of Iraq through support for a combination of policy work, technical assistance, and priority investments.