Client: Ministry Of Energy
Project Geographical Location: The Scope of Hawr-Al-Azim weland, Khuzestan Province
Project Description:
Hawr-Al-Azim Wetland adjacent to Iran-Iraq border line in Khuzestan Province and west of the city of Dashte Azadegan. The wetland of the North, south, east and the West has been enclosed by the road and the dike .The total extent of the wetland in the joint border of Iran and Iraq, 3100 square kilometers, close to 1200 square kilometers in Iran and 1900 square kilometers in the territory of Iraq. At the time of imposed war in order to have military forces and access to Iran-Iraq border line, A number of transverse roads were constructed in the wetland, which the roads of the Hawr-Al-Azim Wetland converted to five reservoirs (five areas). The transverse roads are: Imam Reza Road, Ali Road, Shahid Hemmat Road, Seyyed Hosseinieh Road, all branches of the large river are leading to the Hawr-Al-Azimwetland. The most important issue that has given the importance and necessity of implementing the Hawr-Al-Azim Wetland organizing plan is Hawr-Al-Azim Lagoon Water with drawal from Iran to Iraq and lack of management on water resources of the wetland. Therefore, the problem of preservation of this source and the vast water tank will be of great importance. Accordingly, the Hawr-Al-Azim wetland organizing plan, including the construction of border dike and hydraulic structures on the roads and the existing ones, has been presented.In this plan, the following important objectives are:
* Control and save the entrance flood to the Hawr-Al-Azim wetland tanks through Construction of a dike with a border line
* Optimum use of water resources based on environment preservation and creation of employment fields in the agriculture, livestock, and water supply, aquaculture in the Hawr-Al-Azim wetland layout of Spillway, Calvert and Bridges is considered that each of these structures according to the place of construction, The task of transferring surplus volumes on the capacity of tanks to Iraq is responsible for the adjacent tanks.
