Water Balance for the Euphrates Aquifer, South of Haditha District, Al-Anbar Governorate

Abstract

Groundwater balance calculation was carried for the Euphrates aquifer extended in the southern parts of Haditha district within Al-Anbar Governorate, where the Euphrates aquifer in this area is considered as unconfined with a flow direction towards the Euphrates River. The yearly recharge quantity for the Western Desert catchment-basin (1664.19 ×106 m3/year); whilst the ground-water quantity that intervenes study area (1155926.53 m3/ year), as regenerated storativity. The quantity of consumed ground-water in the area through the present study (423567.36 m3/year) for both industrial and domestic uses. Therefore, the quantity of the ground-water storage change (ΔS) you will be (732359.17 m3/year). It is obviously that there is an increase in the continual storativity and the regenerated storage is sufficient to cover the water requirement.