Basra Water Supply Improvement Project
Water treatment plant, 608,000 m3/day target supply for Basra and Hartha against a 2007 baseline of 412,200 m3/day; the Hartha phases 3 and 4 are rated 199,000 m3/day; first-phase transmission main 37 km in Iraq.
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The record
- Country
- Iraq
- Location
- Basra
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Water treatment plant
- Capacity
- 608,000 m3/day target supply for Basra and Hartha against a 2007 baseline of 412,200 m3/day; the Hartha phases 3 and 4 are rated 199,000 m3/day; first-phase transmission main 37 km
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, General Directorate of Water
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- Basra Water Directorate
- Finance
- JICA yen loan of 42,969 million yen against a total project cost of 72,944 million yen
- Award or start year
- 2008
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2008-06
JICA loan agreement signed for 42,969 million yen
- 2008-07
implementation started
- 2014-11
original scheduled completion
- 2026-07
first-phase 37 km transmission main reported 86.5 per cent complete with 26.5 km laid
Sources
5 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- JICA, Ex-ante Evaluation, Basrah Water Supply Improvement Project. www2.jica.go.jp.
- Loan agreement 11 June 2008 for 42,969 million yen against a total project cost of 72,944 million yen; borrower the Government of Iraq and executing agency the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works; scope is rehabilitation and construction of water treatment plants, improvement of distribution networks and consulting services; schedule July 2008 to November 2014; the twelve existing Basrah plants had a combined 412,000 m3/day against peak demand of about 914,000 m3/day, and the target was 608,000 m3/day by 2016 with supply hours rising from 12 to 24 and leakage falling from 50 to 30 per cent.
- Zawya Projects, Iraq completes Phases 3 and 4 of Great Basra Water Project. zawya.com.
- Full design capacity 199,000 m3/day; client the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works; covers Basra and Haritha. 964media, Basra's main water pipeline passes two-thirds completion. en.964media.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
First-phase transmission main of 37 km at 86.5 per cent with 26.5 km laid as of 11 July 2026; client the General Directorate of Water.