Development and evaluation of a water quality index for the Iraqi rivers

SH Ewaid, SA Abed, N Al-Ansari, RM Salih - Hydrology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water quality evaluation is fundamental for water resources management. Water quality
index (WQI) is an accurate and easily understandable method for assessing water quality for …

[HTML][HTML] The water-energy-food nexus: A holistic approach for resource security in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey

M Zarei - Water-Energy Nexus, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change, population growth, and economic development pose critical challenges in
providing water, energy, and food security at the national and global scale. The Middle East …

Crop water requirements and irrigation schedules for some major crops in Southern Iraq

SH Ewaid, SA Abed, N Al-Ansari - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
The climate of Iraq is of the subtropical semi-dry type; however, the country was rich in water
resources until a few decades ago. Climate change and the construction of many dams on …

Management of water resources in Iraq: perspectives and prognoses

N Al-Ansari - Engineering, 2013 - diva-portal.org
Iraq is one of the Middle East and North African countries (MENA region). The country is
currently facing a serious water shortage problem. This problem is expected to be more …

Predicting the Tigris River water quality within Baghdad, Iraq by using water quality index and regression analysis

SH Ewaid, SA Abed, SA Kadhum - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2018 - Elsevier
The monthly water quality data sets from ten stations on the Tigris River within Baghdad for
the year 2016 were studied. The water quality index (WQI) was calculated using 11 …

Assessment of main cereal crop trade impacts on water and land security in Iraq

SH Ewaid, SA Abed, N Al-Ansari - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Growing populations, socio-economic development, the pollution of rivers, and the
withdrawal of fresh water are all signs of increasing water scarcity, and with 85% of global …

Sand and dust storm events in Iraq

V Sissakian, N Al-Ansari, S Knutsson - Journal of Natural Science, 2013 - diva-portal.org
Iraq is one of the most affected countries in the Middle East concerning the occurrences of
sand and dust storms. The frequency of the occurrence has increased drastically in the last …

Regime shift in Arabian dust activity, triggered by persistent Fertile Crescent drought

M Notaro, Y Yu, OV Kalashnikova - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Arabian Peninsula has experienced pronounced interannual to decadal
variability in dust activity, including an abrupt regime shift around 2006 from an inactive dust …

Investigation of irrigation water requirement and evapotranspiration for water resource management in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

S Hussain, M Mubeen, W Nasim, S Fahad, M Ali… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Water scarcity and water quality degradation are exacerbated by climate change in all
countries, including Pakistan. The use of water in agriculture is one of the most predominant …

Estimation the virtual water content and the virtual water transfer for Iraqi wheat

SH Ewaid, SA Abed, AJ Abbas… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The amounts of clean waters on our planet are limited by global climate change, growing
population, and pollutant rates. Therefore it is important to use more effective water …