PROJECT
Kirkuk
PROJECT CODE REG-014
Long44.11º Lat35.69º
Start: 2015
Duration: 3
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Is OpportunityIs EmergencyIs ApportenantIs CandidateIs ObsoleteChecked
Project Cost (USD): $50,000,000
Partial Project Cost (USD)
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Project Cost (USD): $50,000,000
Governorate: KIRKUK
River: Lesser Zab
Location: Kirkuk
Category: Regulators
Sub category: Regulator
Sector: Current and future water allocation for each irrigation project;
Type: Irrigation and Drainage
Opportunity type: Operation & Mantainance
Source: SWLRI
Source of fund:
Original source: MoWR
Implementing agency: MoWR
Status: Developed
Description
Needs
Since the completion of construction and commissioning , weeds growth is observed at the upstream side within the deposited sediments , to the extent that the river section is divided into two courses on in the direction of Kirkuk Head Regulator , with a large island , Full of weeds and reeds. Dredging was carried out since 2008 , and removal of weeds and reeds were continuous since 2009. But the problem is still serious. Detailed Bathymetry survey is required, and a detailed study for this problem is urgent, river training works are needed to be designed and implemented along with intense dredging operations needs to be programmed to improve the flow conditions at the upstream side of Kirkuk regulator
Objective
The Head regulator was constructed to withdraw water from lesser Zab river upstream Dibbis dam , and divert into to Kirkuk project feeder canal with a discharge of 300 m3/sec to Irrigate the Kirkuk Adhaim Irrigation Project , one of the strategic irrigation projects of Iraq .