Water Harvest and his effect in development water resource in Iraq

Abstract

The technology of water harvesting in Iraq is of great significance because of its role in aquatic and agricultural resources development and provision of water for various uses because of the suffering of Iraq's climatic conditions, semi-arid and low rainfall and the fluctuation of the crash between the years as well as the high temperatures, which lead to higher evaporation, note that about half of the area of Iraq is a desert land suffering from water scarcity, it has applied technology of water harvesting in Iraq in several ways more common these means the establishment of dams and reservoirs on rivers and valleys in various parts of Iraq, especially the desert areas. Water harvesting technology is facing in Iraq, some of the obstacles and problems such as natural barriers, regulatory and administrative barriers and financing obstacles