On Wednesday 16th of February 2022, under the observation of our university Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani and availability of several EPU Council Members, Lecturers, Water Field Experts, the Agriculture and Water Resources Ministry Dam General Directors, and the EPU Scientific Research Center arranged a symposium at the Celebration Hall of the Erbil Polytechnic University Presidency.
The symposium started with a moment standing to honor the martyrs’ Soul, then, our university Scientific Research Center General Director Asst. Pro. Dr. Hemn Kakakhan Awlla, as the Rector’s Representative, delivered a speech. He welcomed the attendees, and he briefly talked about water crises and the factors behind holding the symposium.
The symposium subjects consisted of four panels, Displacement in Iraq Risks for Water Shortage-Induced, Rainfall Forecasting as a Tool for Future Water Management Planning, Government Policy Framework, and Rainfall Water Harvesting.
At the first part of the first panel, the Head of the Cultural Relations Union of the EPU International Relations Department Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Omer Yassin delivered a presentation about ‘Water Shortage Risks upon Displacement in Iraq. He accurately talked about water’s lack of influence on immigration in Iraq and the world. He said people are obliged to immigrate because of rain shortage or floods. To shed light on humanity and the universe future, he presented several data and predictions of international establishments and organizations.
The Land and Water Department Lecturer of the Agricultural Sciences of the Saladin University Asst. Prof. Dr. Tariq Hama Karim presented in the second part of the first panel under the “Rainfall Forecasting as a tool for future water management planning” title. He focused on dealing with the predictions in the future and said, “We should have a plan for water wealth management to decrease environmental damage in our country.”
In the first part of the second panel, the Kurdistan Region Dams General Director of the Agriculture and Water Resources Ministry Engineer Rahman Khani delivered a subject about “Government Policy Framework for Water Wealth.” He clarified government strategy and policy for water fortune and reliable information regarding the Agriculture and Water Resources ministry. He also talked about water lack issues and problems in the past few years, despite the Kurdistan Region rainfall. This crisis is in Turkey and Iran as they build dams on both Zei Gawra and Zei Bchuk rivers. In another part of his presentation, Engineer Rahman Khani spoke about the dams that the government is planning to build by taking which one is more important to be built firstly into consideration. The significance of these dams is to benefit from rainfall in winter and spring.
At the last part of the second panel, the Water Resources Department Head of the Engineering College at the Saladin University Asst. Prof. Dr. Jihan Mohammad Fatah talked about a subject named “Rainfall Water Harvesting.” In this presentation, he focused on the method of rainfall water harvesting; some of them are so expensive, but others are chip. He also mentioned the best ways of water harvesting that many countries use.
At the end of the symposium discussion and question, the gate opened for attendees responded by the panelists—finally, the EPU Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani presented a brief statement in which he expressed his gratitude towards our University Scientific Research Center for arranging this symposium. He also thanked the Kurdistan Region Dams General Director at the Agriculture and Water Resources Ministry, Mr. Rahman Khani, experts, and water resources field lecturers for the data and suggestions they offered. He said water is an effective gun for now, and future countries can use it against each other.
Later, the EPU Rector offered the honorary certificate to the panelists.
