Water Management of Agricultural Lands in Diyala Governorate

Abstract

The existence of a large water deficit in Diyala Governorate, especially in July and August of the year 2020-2021 AD, and the reasons are due to the natural factors to which Iraq in general and the study area in particular were exposed, such as thermal inclusion and lack of precipitation, and human factors that are specific to the water policies of neighboring countries and events After 2003, a number of factors and field manifestations also combined to complicate the picture of the water deficit in the study area, represented in the pollution and lack of purification of waterways and the disruption of many water barriers and lifting stations. It was found from the results of analyzes of river water samples The drains have a quality within the second category (C 2). As for the drainage water, it was shown that it has a salinity of (2215-2230) micromoz / cm, and it falls within the third category (C3) and it is of high salinity. This water is used only in the presence of an effective drainage network and for crops High tolerance to salinity.