PROJECT
Construction of submerged weir in Muthanna Governorate
PROJECT CODE OTH-052
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Start: 2017
Duration: 3
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Project Cost (USD): $12,500,000
Partial Project Cost (USD)
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Project Cost (USD): $12,500,000
Governorate: MUTHANNA
River: Euphrates/Al Atshan- Al Sabeel
Location: Samawa
Category: Others
Sub category: Groundwater / Irrigation
Sector: Current and future water allocation for each irrigation project;
Type: Improve Water Resources Management Practices
Opportunity type: Construction
Source: SWLRI
Source of fund: MoWR
Original source: SWLRI
Implementing agency: MoWR
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Description
The main scope of the submerged weir is to prevent groundwater intrusion and enhance irrigation potential increasing water levels. Such structure is planned on Al-Atshan River before its meeting point with Al-Sabeel River within Muthanna Governorate. Another scope is todischarge the water at the low elevations to Sleibat depression.