Assessment the Status of Treated and Ground Water Production in Selected Provinces in Iraq

The objective of this work was to evaluate the usage and production of water in selected provinces in Iraq for the period from 2016- 2018. Thus, the procedure consists of collecting the data and analyze these data statistically in order to find the general trend of the water production and consuming in Iraq. Five provinces were selected to evaluate their status in terms of drinking waters production. The key associated findings with respect to the drinking waters is that there is no province within the selected provinces has increased the design capacity to be compatible with the increasing in their populations. In addition, Kirkuk has a significant reduction in the actual production of drinking waters while the drinking water production in Missan is higher that the planned production. Moreover, the losses in drinking waters were reduced in Kirkuk comparing to other provinces unless that due to the decline in the actual production. The other findings with respect to the ground waters is that although there is an increasing in the number of constructed wells and that mean to the increase to the water demand, however, low rate of production in some areas within the selected study areas. Finally, the ground waters quality is classified between slightly saline to moderately saline. More monitoring and evaluation studies needs to be undertaken to the other provinces in order to diagnose and overcome the problems.