Hydraulic Simulation for Flow One Dimension of Shatt Al-Hilla River

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Baneen M. H. Al-khafaji
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5190-7185
Faiz H. Al-Merib
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6342-7130

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Floods are considered the most serious disaster among all-natural catastrophes because they occur more frequently than any other natural hazard and strongly impact more individuals than all other natural disasters. Therefore, it is necessary to study flood risk. Hillah River is critical in securing industrial, agricultural, and civil water in three Iraqi governorates: Babil, Diwaniyah, and Muthanna. Its primary source is the Euphrates River, which extends approximately 100 kilometers within Babil Governorate – the study area. This research aims to evaluate and study the river's capacity and predict future floods by developing scenarios for anticipated events. Also, a hydraulic model was developed to assess the manning coefficient for Shatt Al-Hillah. The one-dimensional HEC-RAS 6.0.1 program has been used to simulate water flow in the river, incorporating over 350 cross-sections spaced at 250-meter intervals surveyed in 2018 by the Department of Water Resources in Babil Governorate. The model was calibrated using observed discharge data from 2004 to 2022 in Shatt al-Hillah. Subsequently, it was compared with a range of water levels by varying manning factors. The calibration results indicated that a roughness coefficient of 0.023 was suitable for unstable flow conditions, and the least mean square root error between the measured and simulated water levels was 0.053. The simulation results showed that the current capacity of Al-Hilla River was 205 m3/s, such that it cannot pass the design discharge of 303 m3/s. After conducting scenarios greater than 205 m3/s, the results showed that increasing the discharge increased the areas exposed to flooding so that when the discharge was 450 m3/s, flooding of the submerged areas increased. With a percentage of 92.2%, the northern side of Babil Governorate will be more vulnerable to flooding than the southern side because the southern part levels are lower than the northern part.

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