The Al Bada Canal water project: Its Construction Aspects and importance for Drinking water Supply projects of Basrah Province

Abstract

      This paper focuses on Al Bada Canal Water project which starts from Al Bada distric downstream of AL Garhaf river at Nassiriya and end at Basrah province which suffers from water deficit throughout the year. The Canal total is 238.5 KM. It has 196 construction plants, two pumping stations and three Syphons average discharge is 21m³cumics of which 6 m³ and 15m³ to Nassiriya andBasrah respectively. The project has low efficiency compared to the demands due to several problems which influence water quality and quantity.