| Nasiriyah Drainage Pump Station | |
|---|---|
 The pump station prior to first operation | |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Nasiriyah |
| Country | Iraq |
| Coordinates | 30°58′24″N 46°20′11″E / 30.97333°N 46.33639°E |
| Construction started | 1983 |
| Completed | 2009 |
| Cost | $100 million + USD (Since 2003) |
| Client | Ministry of Water Resources |
| Design and construction | |
| Engineer | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (From 2003-2009) |
The Nasiriyah Drainage Pump Station is a land drainage pumping station in Iraq 10 km southeast of Nasiriyah in the province of Dhi Qar. The station pumps farm run-off collected by the Main Outfall Drain (MOD) north of the Euphrates River in Dhi Qar and Muthanna provinces to a siphon under the Euphrates where it is then returned to the MOD and eventually discharged in the Persian Gulf. The pump station relieves water back-up and is a critical component of a larger agricultural drainage system designed to drain 1.5 million hectares of land in order to reduce soil salinity.[1][2] Consisting of 12 pumps, each with a 20 m³/second (316,000 gal/min) capacity, it is the largest drainage pump in the Middle East.[3]
- ^ "January 30th, 2009 Report to Congress" (PDF). Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. January 2009. p. 65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ "Nasiriyah Drainage Pump Station turned over to Iraqi Government". AMEInfo.com. March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ "Water Resources and Public Works Sector". Joint Contracting Command Iraq-Afghanistan. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.