Middle Eastern Water and the Maritime Option

By Harry Valentine 2019-11-16 17:41:46

Concerns are being raised in regard to Turkey’s plans to build 22 dams along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that also supply water to Syria and Iraq. While the water situation threatens political instability in the region, there may be scope to implement maritime based alternatives by which to provide additional water across a region that since 1998 had endured prolonged drought conditions. Introduction The headwaters of the most important rivers in the Middle East, the Euphrates and the Tigris...