Euphrates low level damages 65 water stations in Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – A local official of Drinking Water Directorate in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria, said on Wednesday that decreasing level of the Euphrates River leads to reducing the operating hours of approximately 65 drinking water stations.
Since Turkey started cutting off Euphrates River, the area has witnessed environmental and living catastrophes in addition to affecting agriculture and electricity.
Since February 2022, Turkey has been reducing the flow of the Euphrates River’s water into Syria, amid threats of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Fawaz Awad al-Atish, deputy director of the Drinking Water Directorate, affiliated with Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), said that due to the continuous power outages and the low level of the Euphrates, operating hours of the stations are reduced.
Decreasing the level of the Euphrates in Syrian territory led to water pollution, as algae are increased in the river, according to al-Atish.
During the past two years, the level of the Euphrates has fell to unprecedented records, after the amount of water flowing from Turkey towards Syria has decreased to below 200 cubic meters per second, which is less than half the amount agreed upon between the Syrian and Turkish governments in 1987.