Swimmable Waters Weekend - Swim/paddle the waters of Dukan Lake
- part of the Fishable, Swimmable, Drinkable Initiative
WI has hosted the Swimmable Water Weekend on Lake Dukan in Sulaimani Governorate of Kurdistan, Iraq in August 2015, September 2017 & 2018. This marathon swim/paddle across the Lake starts on the Lesser Zab River upstream from Rania and heads southwards to the Dukan Dam.
September 10-13, 2019 (and this year, we also kayaked the upper Lesser Zab River from the border to Rania).
See the route we took!
Sponsors for the 2019 Swimmable Water Weekend were Hiwa Foundation & Sha Post and WI signed up new swimmers to join us in the campaign.
If you are interested in getting involved in 2020, contact us at [email protected]
September 10-13, 2019 (and this year, we also kayaked the upper Lesser Zab River from the border to Rania).
See the route we took!
Sponsors for the 2019 Swimmable Water Weekend were Hiwa Foundation & Sha Post and WI signed up new swimmers to join us in the campaign.
If you are interested in getting involved in 2020, contact us at [email protected]
What is the Swimmable Water Challenge?
Our goal is to highlight the importance of swimmable, drinkable and fishable waters throughout the communities of Iraqi Kurdistan. As the RiverWatch Report Card showed, the rivers and waterways of Iraqi Kurdistan are quickly deteriorating as rivers become choked by garbage, sewage and industrial toxins as well as dammed and diverted without thought to their natural function and services. The once clear flowing rivers and streams of our land are becoming muddied, polluted and dried. Nabil Musa, the Iraq Upper Tigris Waterkeeper, is a voice for our local rivers and river-dependent communities. He’s taken up the challenge with others to swim/paddle over 40 kilometers (with an additional 20 kilometers along the Lesser Zab River) from the Iraq/Iran border to the Dukan Dam to raise attention and promote the cause of clean water and healthy rivers in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Our goal is to highlight the importance of swimmable, drinkable and fishable waters throughout the communities of Iraqi Kurdistan. As the RiverWatch Report Card showed, the rivers and waterways of Iraqi Kurdistan are quickly deteriorating as rivers become choked by garbage, sewage and industrial toxins as well as dammed and diverted without thought to their natural function and services. The once clear flowing rivers and streams of our land are becoming muddied, polluted and dried. Nabil Musa, the Iraq Upper Tigris Waterkeeper, is a voice for our local rivers and river-dependent communities. He’s taken up the challenge with others to swim/paddle over 40 kilometers (with an additional 20 kilometers along the Lesser Zab River) from the Iraq/Iran border to the Dukan Dam to raise attention and promote the cause of clean water and healthy rivers in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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