DETERMINATION OF SUITABLE SITES OF WATER HARVESTING DAMS IN ‎THE NORTHEASTERN OF NINEVEH PROVINCE

Year 2023, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 363 - 372, 27.12.2023

Saleh Mohammed Zakaria , Yousif Al-aqeeli , Ali A. Abdulmawjood , Omar Mahmood Agha

Abstract

The increasing of water demand resulting of population growth, climate ‎change, and the water policies of neighboring countries of Iraq led to the ‎needing to specify other sources of water in the arid and semi-arid areas of ‎Iraq. The aim of this study is to harvest the rainwater that produced by the ‎catchment area of seasonal Al-Khoser river. The Easter side of Mosul city ‎is divided by the stream flow of this river then combined to Tigris river ‎inside of Mosul city. Three sites of rainwater harvesting dams (RWHDs) ‎were chosen in the catchment of this river. The storage volumes of RWH ‎reservoirs were estimated using HEC-HMS model. The elevation-Area-‎Storage curves of those RWH reservoirs were identified with live storage, ‎dead storage, flood storage, and outlet capacities (sluice gate, bottom out ‎let and spillway). The results of the study showed that sufficient quantities of ‎surface runoff water are available in the Al-Khoser Basin, which can be ‎stored in those three reservoirs 0.96, 1.60, and 2.55 MCM.‎

Keywords

Water harvesting, ‎dam, HEC-HMS ‎model, Nineveh, Iraq

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Supporting Institution

Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University

Thanks

We extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University and the University of Mosul - College of Engineering for their encouragement to conduct the research.

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