In the first Iraqi experiment, Basra faces salinity and pollution with a modern water treatment plan

[size=52]In the first Iraqi experiment, Basra faces salinity and pollution with a modern water treatment plant[/size]

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[size=45]Basra witnessed the completion of the “Mahila” seawater treatment plant in the first experiment in Iraq. It also treats river water, whose salinity reaches thirty thousand parts per million.[/size]
[size=45]The station produces 72,000 cubic meters of potable water daily, which is enough to cover the needs of 400,000 residents of Abu Al-Khasib district, south of Basra, after they were suffering from salty and polluted water reaching their homes.[/size]
[size=45]"The plant treats two types of water, sea and river water, with a degree of saltiness ranging from 3,000 to 30,000 parts per million," said Abdul Amir Abdullah, head of chemists at the Mahila plant.[/size]
[size=45]Abdullah added that "the plant is one of the largest desalination plants in Iraq at a rate of 3,000 cubic meters per hour, or about 72,000 cubic meters per day, which is pumped to Abu Al-Khasib."[/size]
[size=45]Everything in the station is managed using modern technology and under the supervision of foreign engineers with the participation of their Iraqi counterparts. The salt water is purified as well as ridding it of bacteria, viruses and other plankton using European and American-origin filters, while the raw water is tested throughout the day in specialized laboratories to measure the percentage of pollution and salts.[/size]
[size=45]Abdullah Salman, an engineer specializing in water treatment, said, "The current water is very polluted, whether in rivers or in beaches, as it contains high salts, so we need such technology to provide potable water."[/size]
[size=45]Salman added, "Continuing reliance on old systems in water treatment means that water that is highly polluted chemically and even radioactively reaches people."[/size]
[size=45]And the project was completed by an Iraqi company combined with a British company, whose organizers say that they have introduced a modern water treatment system to Basra, regardless of the degree of salinity, a technology that is not used even in the Gulf countries that rely on seawater desalination plants.[/size]
[size=45]Haider Al-Tamimi, the managing director of the company executing the project, said, "The project is unique in the world, as the latest technologies were used by international companies through the introduction of modern water treatment technology, regardless of the degree of salinity, while in the Gulf countries only sea water is treated."[/size]
[size=45]Specialists have long called on the government to exploit sea water to face water scarcity and pollution, and experts say that Basra needs 10 such stations to meet the population's need for potable desalinated water.[/size]
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