Euphrates river basin is a trans-boundary river system divided into three sections ; the......as probably the result of upstream pollution from Turkish irrigation projects, and Syrian agricultural and down stream Iraq. Results has shown that the waters of Euphrates were polluted in Turkey and Syria before entering Iraq. Water quality indices were calculated for irrigation, drinking and for industrial uses for two years.The classification of the river for irrigation use was reduced fro m excellent to good for 1998 and 2010 respectively, for drinking use was reduced from good to polluted for 1998 and 2010 respectively and for industrial use, the quality degraded from acceptable to severely polluted during the same period. ......For more details consult https://www.globalwaterforum.org -2017/07/31 ;; https://www.witpress.com -elibrary
The Euphrates River is the longest river in Western Asia. The river has three riparian countries, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, and its basin is distributed among five countries with a total estimated population of 23 million. Most of the Euphrates stream-flow originates from precipitation in the Armenian Highlands; contributions by the remaining riparian countries are generally small.