{"id":12839,"date":"2024-08-26T13:01:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T12:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/?p=12839"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:50:08","slug":"wells-water-levels-in-syrias-hasakah-plummet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/wells-water-levels-in-syrias-hasakah-plummet\/","title":{"rendered":"Wells water levels in Syria\u2019s Hasakah plummet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Water levels of the wells in <a href=\"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/cities\/hasakah\/\">Hasakah<\/a> Governorate in Northeast Syria have decreased as a result of the recent heat wave, an official of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decrease of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/category\/water\/\">water<\/a> in the wells is due to the impact of the high temperatures on the region and the recession of the Khabur River due to cutoff by Turkey, said Yahya Hami, co-chair of the Water Directorate of the AANES in the city of Hasakah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, 70 percent of a 100-meter-depth well was full of water, but now only 30 percent of the wells is full of water, Hami told North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTherefore, a 22,000-liter-tanker needs two hours to be filled with water,\u201d the official noted. \u201cPreviously, it only took 40 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-1-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He warned that the region is witnessing a significant water crisis, and that the wells may dry up in the coming period that will lead to a humanitarian crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About one million people in Hasakah depend on water tankers to access to water for drinking as Turkish forces halt pumping water from <a href=\"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/tag\/Alouk-Water-Station\/\">Alouk station<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/cities\/serekaniye\/\">Sere Kaniye<\/a> (Ras al-Ain) countryside, north of Hasakah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alouk water station, which is located in the countryside of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) in the north of Hasakah, has been under the occupation of Turkey and its affiliated armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), since October 2019 following a military operation dubbed \u201cPeace Spring\u201d in which Turkey occupied Sere Kaniye and <a href=\"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/cities\/gire-spi%e2%80%8e\/\">Tel Abyad<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 22, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (<a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/114882\/\">UNOCHA<\/a>) said more than 1.8 million people in Syria need urgent life-saving support to access safe drinking water in the summer heat.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water levels of the wells in Hasakah Governorate in Northeast Syria have decreased as a result of the recent heat wave, an official of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) said on 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