Head of Department

   Assistant Professor Dr. Jummaa Al-Sumaidai

Head of Department

Introduction

The study of water resources and their investment is of great importance to any country because it is considered one of the most important pillars of the national wealth of those countries. Water has an essential role in the development and development of civilian life through exploitation in agriculture, industry and power generation. The development of the country's economic development plans requires studying the water resources carefully and in order to reach the desired goal.

The passage of the Euphrates River, which is one of the most important water resources in the country (in addition to the Tigris River) into the Iraqi territory through the province of Anbar and the passage of a large distance within the province and the presence of dam Haditha, which is one of the most important and largest dams in the country and built on this river in addition to the existence of Lake Tharthar and Al-Habbaniyeh made the management and study of these resources very important.

In light of the above, the Department of Engineering of Dams and Water Resources was established at the Faculty of Engineering, Anbar University in the academic year 2002/2003. The first batch was accepted in the same year by (13) students. The number of faculty members (5) teaching, and the number is currently (32) teaching in the academic year 2015/2016.

The Department of Engineering of dams and water resources is one of the important scientific departments in the college. This department was established to meet the needs of the country and maintain efficient engineering cadres for the governmental departments of dams and water resources.