Water supply for refugee camps and hosting communities in Dohuk, Iraq


There are several camps for refugees from Syria and other parts of Iraq in the Dohuk region. Five camps with a total of 90,000 refugees as well as local communities with 144,000 inhabitants are supplied with water from Lake Mosul thanks to the project. The project includes water extraction from Lake Mosul and a drinking water treatment plant with a capacity of 2,500 m³/h as well as an elevated tank (4 x 3,500 m³) and 20 km of DN 300 – DN 1200 transport pipes. The seasonal fluctuations of 30 m in the lake water level and the poor subsoil in the lake, which did not allow for a foundation, posed a particular challenge for the design of the pumping station in Lake Mosul. A pontoon solution with four pumps was chosen, which can be put into operation depending on the water level.