The Feasibility of Applying Rain Harvesting Technology in Iraq.

The Department of Geology, in collaboration with the Continuing Education Unit at the College of Science, University of Baghdad, organized a lecture entitled “The Feasibility of Applying Rain Harvesting Technology in Iraq.”The lecture aimed to introduce the possibility of applying rainwater and flood harvesting technology and harnessing these technological capabilities used to capture rainwater and floods and store them during their fall periods to provide drinking water for humans and animals.The lecture, presented by researcher Marwa Ahmed Abdul Allah, highlighted the importance of rainwater harvesting as an excellent source of chemical-free, salt-free, and mineral-free irrigation water. It explained that rainwater harvesting is the process of collecting, storing, and distributing rainwater from the roof of a house or rocky or earthen surfaces for reuse before it reaches groundwater, presenting various types of rainwater harvesting systems, ranging from very simple household systems to complex industrial systems. It also highlighted that rainwater can be used to recharge groundwater by collecting surface water flow and storing it. The lecture concluded that the success of the water harvesting process depends on a number of foundations, including the correct selection of water harvesting application, the appropriate selection of water harvesting technology in terms of its cost, the possibility of periodic maintenance, appropriate crop cultivation, awareness and appreciation of the beneficiaries for the importance of participation in the construction, operation, and maintenance stages, availability of hydrological information, as well as knowledge of soil properties.