Within the requirements for completing the scientific plan of the Marine Science Center for the academic year 2023-2024, researcher M.D. Sita Aram Kürek from the Department of Marine Chemistry on a field trip to
 Al-Ashar River and Al-Khandaq River to collect samples for the research titled (Estimating the water load of solid pollutants in secondary rivers in the city of Basra and their impact on the pollution of Shatt Al-Arab water).