Sadeq Oleiwi Sulaiman

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• Doctor of Engineering
• Professor (Full) at University of Anbar

In this research, the flood wave resulting from the hypothetical overtopping failure of the Haditha Dam on the Euphrates River, Iraq, was simulated, utilizing the ArcMap 10.2 and HEC-RAS 5.0.7 software and the observed field data from the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources. Flooding parameters were calculated, for the study reach from the Haditha Da...

The present study aims to specify optimum water resources depending on a cost-benefit relationship for residential areas by heuristic optimization. For this purpose, a case study of Rutba City in Iraq was applied. It is planned that water demand of the city is supplied by four different pumped pipelines (Pipelines 1–4). An optimum water supply amon...

Water resources are of great importance in the world's agriculture, especially regarding the scarcity of these resources. That calls for attention appropriate for analysis, study, and research in all issues and aspects that would contribute to the development and maintenance of those resources and achieve the maximum possible levels of quality and...

Due to the limitation of water renewable resources on one hand and increasing growth in consuming water in different parts such as agriculture, industry, urban, and the environment in other hand, face management of these valuable resources to many challenges. Present study attempts to clarify recent condition of the problem and introduce effective...

One of the hydrological components of the cycle is evaporation, which has actual quantities that are challenging to quantify in the field. As a result, estimations of the evaporation rate's value are made using empirical relationships derived from data on climate components. Several applications of water resources, including hydrological, hydraulic...

This study aims to analyze the qualitative characteristics of Euphrates River water in Anbar Governorate, identify spatial and temporal variations in water quality, evaluate the suitability of Euphrates River water for different uses, and provide recommendations for improving its management. In addition, the study seeks to provide a deep understand...

Accurate inflow forecasting is an essential non-engineering strategy to guarantee flood management and boost the effectiveness of the water supply. As inflow is the primary reservoir input, precise inflow forecasting may also offer appropriate reservoir design and management assistance. This study aims to generalize the machine learning model using...

This paper presents a comprehensive method to estimate the feasibility of constructing small hydropower dams by incorporating an analysis of the physical characteristics of the study area using the Geographical Information System (GIS) and a frequency analysis based on a large amount of reliable rainfall data for an arid area, specifically in the W...

Vast parts of the globe are facing a water scarcity problem owing to the increasing water demand of the growing population and urban expansion, and intensive agriculture and industrial activities. Arid and semiarid areas already suffer from a severe shortage of surface water supplies due to climatic conditions such as a temperature rise, evaporatio...

Examining river engineering properties and bed erosion is one of the most challenging but crucial issues in river engineering and sediment hydraulics, so preventing erosion and sedimentation is one of the primary goals of river management and prediction of river behavior. This research aims to give hydraulic engineers and decision-makers an accurat...

The impact of the suspended sediment load (SSL) on environmental health, agricultural operations, and water resources planning, is significant. The deposit of SSL restricts the streamflow region, affecting aquatic life migration and finally causing a river course shift. As a result, data on suspended sediments and their fluctuations are essential f...

The water resources represented by rivers, lakes, and wells are of great importance in the growth and development of civilization by meeting the different needs of the population. Due to the climatic changes that take place in different regions of the world, in addition to the increasing population growth, it has become necessary to manage the vari...

In the present study, two different cost-benefit functions in the related literature were compared to decide on optimum water resources for supplying the water of Rutba City, which is located in western Iraq within the administrative Anbar Province. One of the two objective functions is directly based on differences between daily incomes (water cha...

Hydrological soil group is essential to soil information for several fields of modeling and applications. This information can affect suitable environmental, agricultural, and hydrological development. Laboratory analysis for soil sampling cannot efficiently provide the needed information because these analyses are commonly costly, time-consuming,...

Hydrological soil group is essential to soil information for several fields of modeling and applications. This information can affect suitable environmental, agricultural, and hydrological development. Laboratory analysis for soil sampling cannot efficiently provide the needed information because these analyses are commonly costly, timeconsuming, a...

Dam projects require comprehensive studies and a careful implementation process; thus, the causes of the possible failure, during the construction or operation of dams, should be thoroughly investigated. Specifically, geotechnical analysis of seepage, static stability, and seismic stability is essential to be evaluated. Earthquakes shaking imposes...

The design of dams requires comprehensive studies to ensure the safety and feasibility of these important engineering projects, as any possible failure case may lead to considerable losses in human life and properties. Specifically, analyses should be performed to evaluate seepage, slope stability, and soil liquefaction of large earth dams. In this...

One of the main concerns for engineers, during operation of dams, is uncontrolled seepage though the foundations of dams and hydraulic structures which is mainly resulted from poor geological conditions and lead to undermine erosion or piping that may endanger the safety of dam. In this study, numerical models were utilized to evaluate the excessiv...

One of the main concerns for engineers, during operation of dams, is uncontrolled seepage though the foundations of dams and hydraulic structures which is mainly resulted from poor geological conditions and lead to undermine erosion or piping that may endanger the safety of dam. In this study, numerical models were utilized to evaluate the excessiv...

Abstract: Iraq has been suffering from decreasing Euphrates discharge due to the construction of dams within upstream countries and the use of surface irrigation systems. The country is facing a problem with meeting the increasing demand for water as a result of population growth and development in the industrial and agricultural sectors. Therefore...

The development of an accurate soft computing method for groundwater level (GWL) forecasting is essential for enhancing the planning and management of water resources. Over the past two decades, significant progress has been made in GWL prediction using machine learning (ML) models. Several review articles have been published, reporting the advanc...

Water resources are of great importance in the world's agriculture, especially regarding the scarcity of these resources. That calls for attention appropriate for analysis, study, and research in all issues and aspects that would contribute to the development and maintenance of those resources and achieve the maximum possible levels of quality and...

Water scarcity in the Middle East continues to increase due to poor water management and climate conditions. Where climatic conditions, international conflicts, instability, and a high rate of population growth contribute to a decrease in the rate of water flow in Iraq, which is expected to increase in the coming period. The western region of Iraq...

In this paper, the laboratory data were compared with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) Flow3D for predicting the beginning of sediment incipient motion in rigid boundary channel for two types of sands, irrigation, and sewer types, in rectangular flume (0.5*0.5) m cross-section. Tests were made for soil samples with different diameters, specific w...

In recent times, the demand for electricity has increased in the world for many reasons including the increase in the population. Power can obtained from many sources but clean energy is the focus of scientific research in the world now due to increased gas emissions and trying to find a cheaper alternative to oil derivatives. In this research, the...

In the present research, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was used for the prediction of surface runoff amounts of the catchment of Al-Masad, in the Western Desert of Iraq. The prediction period was from September 2020 to January 2030. The calibration and verification of this model were performed according to the daily surface runoff...

Among several indicators for river engineering sustainability, the longitudinal dispersion coefficient (Kx) is the main parameter that defines the transport of pollutants in natural streams. Accurate estimation of Kx has been challenging for hydrologists due to the high stochasticity and non-linearity of this hydraulic-environmental parameter. This...

The chapter emphasizes the understanding of the natural phenomena of the Tigris–Euphrates rivers and their water resources for the Iraq region. Iraq region is challenging a very disastrous water crisis owing to the water degradation of these two main water resources rivers. That is in parallel with human population’s massive growth over the past de...

Hydrological time series forecasting is one of the hot topics in the domain of statistical hydrology. Providing accurate forecasting can contribute to diverse applications for catchment sustainability and management. Dew point temperature (Tdew) is one of the complex hydrological processes that highly essential to be quantified accurately for sever...

Managing water resources is important with the increasing population, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. It is necessary to treat wastewater and greywater to saving more water amount and increase agriculture density. The current study forecasts the amounts of wastewater and greywater for Ramadi city during the next years (2020-2040). Also, t...

Water is an essential source of sustaining life and used in generating electricity, agriculture, industry , and the daily domestic uses. Thjs sn1dy was prepared to detennine the water consumptionof Anbar Province in the west of Iraq according to agricultura indust rial, and domestic demand. In addition, the stud y is evaluating the expected future...

Water is an essential source of sustaining life and used in generating electricity, agriculture, industry, and the daily domestic uses. This study was prepared to determine the water consumption of Anbar Province in the west of Iraq according to agricultural, industrial, and domestic demand. In addition, the study is evaluating the expected future...

Currently, desertification is a major problem in the western desert of Iraq. The harsh nature, remoteness, and size of the desert make it difficult and expensive to monitor and mitigate desertification. Therefore, this study proposed a comprehensive and cost-effective method, via the integration of geographic information systems (GISs) and remote s...

In this study, the water evaluation and planning WEAP model was used to improve the Ramadi irrigation project with 28342 hectares and annual budget 326 million 𝑚3/ year for the period (2018-2019). The results showed the total water used was 111.5 million 𝑚3/year and equalled 34.2% of Ramadi irrigation budget. The annual production was 39.3 million...

Sediment transport in rivers is an important and complex process. It is very important to know the nature and quantities of sediments transported in course of rivers to achieve prudent water management. Due to the presence of most of the important projects on or near the banks of the river in the study area, so there is always a fear that these pro...

The water issue has posed a great challenge in the past twenty years in most Arab countries, including Iraq in particular, due to the establishment of many dams by Turkey, which led to a decrease in the annual rate of water resources and non-compliance with international law of trans-boundary water management. The west of Iraq is considered as an a...

In this study, the Dual-Kc approach within FAO-56 paper was applied by water evaluation and planning (WEAP) to get the Kc parameters (Kcb and Ke) and to calculate the water requirement for various soil textures. The results compared with the outputs of Single-Kc approach for summer and winter crops in addition to trees. The results showed when appl...

In this research, a comprehensive survey of water resources management and sustainability was conducted over the Western desert of Iraq. A modeling was performed using both remote sensing and numerical analytical tools. Field measurements of hydrological and hydrogeological variables were used to assess surface and groundwater resources. The waters...

The determination of scour characteristics in the downstream of sluice gate is highly important for designing and protection of hydraulic structure. The applicability of modern data-intelligence technique known as extreme learning machine (ELM) to simulate scour characteristics has been examined in this study. Three major characteristics of scour h...

The determination of scour characteristics in the downstream of sluice gate is highly important for designing and protection of hydraulic structure. The applicability of modern data-intelligence technique known as extreme learning machine (ELM) to simulate scour characteristics has been examined in this study. Three major characteristics of scour h...

The determination of scour characteristics in the downstreamof sluice gate is highly important for designing and protection of hydraulic structure. The applicability of modern data-intelligence technique known as extreme learning machine (ELM) to simulate scour characteristics has been examined in this study. Three major characteristics of scour ho...

In this research, geographic information systems (GIS) were used to analyze the basic features of the catchments whiten the study area. The GIS were used to calculate the data required to design several bridges and culverts of the Ramadi- Nukhaib highway in the western region within Al-Anbar province. Hydrological and climatically data were collect...

Despite the massive diversity in the modeling requirements for practical hydrological applications, there remains a need to develop more reliable and intelligent expert systems used for real-time prediction purposes. The challenge in meeting the standards of an expert system is primarily due to the influence and behavior of hydrological processes t...

Establishing robust models for predicting precipitation processes can yield a significant aspect for many applications in water resource engineering and environmental prospective. In particular, understanding precipitation phenomena is crucial for managing the effects of flooding in watersheds. In this research, a regional precipitation pattern mod...

Rainfall modeling is one of the major component process in the meteorological engineering. Hence, exploring an advance and reliable intelligent model for its forecasting is essential for water resources engineering. In this current research, novel integrative intelligence model coupled with phase space reconstruction is proposed to forecast monthly...

The current study includes application of QUAL2K model to predict the dissolved oxygen (DO) and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) of lower reach of the Diyala River in a stretch of 16.90km using hydraulic and water quality data collected from Ministry of Water Resources for the period (January-April 2014). Google Earth and Arc-GIS technique were use...

The current study includes application of QUAL2K model to predict the dissolved oxygen (DO) and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) of lower reach of the Diyala River in a stretch of 16.90km using hydraulic and water quality data collected from Ministry of Water Resources for the period (January-April 2014). Google Earth and Arc-GIS technique were use...

This study included the extraction properties of spatial and morphological basins studied using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model linked to (GIS) to find the amount of sediment and rates of flow that flows into the Haditha reservoir. The aim of this study is determine the amount of sediment coming from the valleys and flowing into the...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the sediment transport and to assess the quality of water for a reach of Euphrates River with a length of (124.4 km), begins from downstream of Haditha dam which represents the upstream of study, and ends at Heet station in Heet city which represents the downstream. There are 196 cross-sections that were distrib...

The hydraulic characteristics of flow over rectangular broad-crested weirs with varying upstream shape were studied. A large number of these studies are physical model tests of rectangular weirs. In this study, Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) model together with laboratory model of rectangular broad-crested weir were used to improve the performan...

Major ions are widely used to identify the hydrochemical and hydrological characteristic of water to assess water quality. Major ions compositions (Ca+2, Mg+2, Na+1, K+1, Cl-1, SO4-2, [HCO3]-1 and [CO3]-2), pH and salinity (TDS) of water in Tigris river were studied to explore the spatial and temporal variations. Six stations (Fishkhapor, Tikrit, B...

Major ions are widely used to identify the hydrochemical and hydrological characteristic of water to assess water quality. Major ions compositions (Ca+2, Mg+2, Na+1, K+1, Cl-1, SO4-2, [HCO3]-1 and [CO3]-2), pH and salinity (TDS) of water in Tigris river were studied to explore the spatial and temporal variations. Six stations (Fishkhapor, Tikrit, B...

The study area , which is located in the Western Desert Anbar province, Iraq contains several valleys. This study aims to determine the amount of sediment coming from the valleys and flowing into the Haditha Dam reservoir for 25 years ago for the period (1985-2010)and its impact on design lifetime of the Haditha Dam reservoir and to determine the b...

The problems caused by suspended sediment overloading in open channels are of great importance to the hydraulic engineers. One of the important problems caused by the sediment overloading during flood seasons is the change in bed level and corresponding water level of rivers due to its deposition on the river bed. At the upstream reaches, the bed s...

Application of Bio-filteration Wastewater Treatment Using Iraqi Gypsum and Phosphate Bio-filters

A Numerical model for routing flood in a meandering rivers is presented. It is based on modified form of the complete one-dimensional Saint-Venant equations of unsteady flow. These equations are modified such that flows in the meandering river channel, left overbank floodplain, and right overbank floodplain are all identified separately. Thus, the...

Field experimental work was carried out at the College of Agriculture, University of Anbar, Iraq, for the period from 15/1/2012 to 15/5/2012 using phosphate and gypsum rocks bio-filters to determine the impact on the purification of the sewage by analyzing parameters EC, TDS, Cations (Mg +2 , Na + , K +) and anions (HCO 3 ¯ and Cl ¯). Two trenches...

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are the main sources of water in Iraq. Iraq used to receive 33 × 109 m3 of river water per year at Hit, 200 km downstream from the Syrian border before the 1970s. In 1980s, the discharge decreased to as little as 8 × 109 m3 per year at Hit. The decreasing of discharge and water level in the Euphrates River causes pro...

In present study, the remote sensing (RS) techniques and geographic information system (GIS) were used to develop the topographic map for calculation the volumes of earth work depending on Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) which data cover about 80% of the earth. The above data was used to develop the topographic data for Al-Gaara dam in the...

The look for new water resources and the optimal using of available water is very important because of high change in the climate of the earth, the dry wave in the region as well as the decreases of the water inflow to the Euphrates and the Tigris river because of the building of the dams upstream the basin in Turkey and Syria. In the present study...

بسبب التغيرات المناخية الكبيرة التي يشهدها كوكب الأرض وموجة الجفاف الكبيرة التي تعاني منها المنطقة علاوة على قلة الواردات المائية لنهري دجلة والفرات في السنوات الأخيرة سواء بسبب الجفاف أو السدود التي أقامتها تركيا وسوريا على مجاري هذه الأنهار أصبح موضوع إيجاد مصادر للمياه مع استغلال المتوفر بالطريقة المثلى يعد من الأهمية بمكان. تم اختيار أربعة جاب...

A numerical model for routing of flood wave in a part of meandering river is presented. It is based on a modified form of the complete one-dimensional Saint- Venant equations of unsteady flow. These equations were modified such that flows in the meandering river channel, left over bank flood plain, and right over bank flood plain were all identifie...

A Numerical model for routing flood in a meandering rivers is presented. It is based on modified form of the complete one-dimensional Saint-Venant equations of unsteady flow. These equations are modified such that flows in the meandering river channel, left overbank floodplain, and right overbank floodplain are all identified separately. Thus, the...