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Futurity scenario of water resources management in Bahr An-Najaf basin in Iraq

By using water resources management techniques for planning, improvement and supply, optimal use of the available water inside Iraq will achieve. This paper focuses on the management of water resources in Bahr Al-Najaf region, Najaf, Iraq for the expected future water resources and demands. These re...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2020-07, Vol.888 (1), p.12004
Main Authors: Omran, Hassan Ali, Mahmood, Mohammed Sh, Kadhem, Ali Abbas
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Language:English
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Summary:By using water resources management techniques for planning, improvement and supply, optimal use of the available water inside Iraq will achieve. This paper focuses on the management of water resources in Bahr Al-Najaf region, Najaf, Iraq for the expected future water resources and demands. These resources and demands are adopted with continued demands from the current situation to study the adequacy of water resource quantities in the study area. The authors try to answer the question that is the resources are enough or must provide other quantities of surface water and groundwater? and what amount? The results of the study indicate that there is a shortage that occurs in the futurity scenario of 55Mm3 and it is related to the tourism sector. The shortage of water quantity of the futurity scenario can be covered by drilling new wells by portion reach to 85%.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/888/1/012004