announced the implementation plan for the first potable water project in Daquq District at a cost of 40 billion dinars and a capacity of up to two thousand meters per hour, to be the first water project in the district’s history .
The director of the department, Abbas Mardan Ismail, said, “Daquq district (45 km south of Kirkuk) does not have a potable water project, but rather depends on groundwater .”
Ismail considered that “the salinity rate in well water is acceptable and suitable for use, and there is a project in Daquq that depends on wells, and there are approximately 3,000 subscribers from the district in the Kirkuk Water Department .”
He stressed that “Kirkuk Water Department has completed the designs for the project and submitted it to the Ministry of Planning, and it is currently awaiting approval .”
He explained that “the cost of the project is around 40 billion dinars, with a capacity of two thousand meters per hour, and it will contribute to covering the entire district center .”
Ismail expected that “next year the ministry will complete the final version of the project for the purpose of referring it to one of the specialized companies for the purpose of implementing it according to the required and specified specifications for the project .”
He pointed out that “Daquq district, which is the largest district in Kirkuk Governorate, suffers from a shortage of potable water, which prompted its authorities and residents to launch an appeal to implement strategic projects for water, agriculture and roads .
Daquq District is distinguished by the fact that it is adjacent to Tuz Khurmatu District, which is affiliated with Salah al-Din Governorate, and has extensions within agricultural lands, and the international road linking Kirkuk and Baghdad passes through it .
The Kirkuk Unified Water Project passes by Daquq District, reaching Tuz Khurmatu District in Salah al-Din Governorate .
In this context, the mayor of Daquq district, Siraj Nazim Al-Asi, said, “Daquq district is considered one of the important districts in Kirkuk and has an extension with neighboring governorates such as Tuz Khurmatu district. In addition, the district is one of the most important districts in the governorate in terms of agricultural areas .”
Al-Asi continued, “The district is in dire need of a silo to receive grains, as well as a unified water supply project, since the district depends on groundwater to feed the water supply network due to water scarcity and the insufficiency of the water share allocated from the irrigation water project,” indicating that “the district’s residents depend on groundwater wells to provide drinking water.”
