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Southern governorates, especially Basra suffered a lot due to ex-regime negligence to the area vital need for irrigation water to keep the living of people and creatures there. The canal transporting water across Shat AlArab River was the major project that Ministry of Irrigation planning in Basra.

The ministry awarded these projects through its state companies (Al-Rafidain, Al-Iraq, and Al-Faw) to rescue the deteriorating of agriculture in south Iraq. 

This project helped transporting irrigation water through Shat Al-Arab without being salted with sea water of Arab Gulf, using a canal of about (127,4) km to irrigate the farms and rural suburbs around Shat Al-Arab, Abi Al-Khaseeb, Seeba, Cihan, Faw, until Ras Al-Beesha close to the Arab Gulf.

Even the water coming through Iran wasn’t enough to leverage the water level. As the water discharge during sea tide (of Arab Gulf) is (1200) m3/sec., this is another factor that called for the urgent action to change the water scheme and solve this critical irrigation crisis.

This project is a first step of a series of projects that should be resumed to rescue the area.

The north canal is (40) km starting from Kuteiban, transporting irrigation water to a fish lake going for (2,25) km, then going in a curve of (90Ëš) angle to the right parallel to Shat Al-Arab River through agricultural areas, reaching the express way connecting between Iraq and Iran for a distance of (8,5) km, all through mine field.