A research team consisting of Dr. Ali Bassal Mahmood, Professor Sadiq Salim Abdullah and Dr. Ali Abdulridha Lafta, teaching-staff in the Department of Marine Physics, published a scientific research entitled
Proposed treatment to reduce salinity intrusion into the Shatt Al-Arab estuary by using temporary storage in a convergent of channel in the context of tide
In the British Journal classified within the platforms of the Web of Science: Clarivate: Scopus and issued by the British publishing Group: Taylor & Francis Group
The study included the idea of building an artificial structure to narrow the channel came to give the ability to resist the impact of the tide and the intrusion of marine salinity. Two hypothetical sites were chosen to build the structure: i.e. in Dweeb and Faw sites, to test the feasibility of this artificial estuary structure. A one-dimensional mathematical model was adopted, which is the Mike 11 software package. The model was run according to a set of scenarios using the critical water discharge values of 10 and 20 m3/s. The results showed through simulation of the model for a period of six months that the structure is useful on improving the water quality by reducing salinity in the river, in addition, there is a delay in the time of arrival of the intrusion of salts.