The Tigris River has not been spared corruption in Iraq. Government agencies are tasked with protecting water resources, polluting the river and making it a source of diseases that could kill more than 30 million Iraqis.
"Tigris .. River infested" investigation of the island you see on the island Net next Wednesday.
Once an important source of clean water, the Tigris is now as polluted as most other rivers in Iraq.
In the Tigris, dozens of pipes and streams loaded with sewage and agricultural sewage are poured into hospitals, factories and power plants.
These huge amounts of pollutants have lost the Tigris' natural ability to purify itself, especially during the past years when its water level was very low. But even with the high level, he could not refine himself.