Fallujah weir
The Fallujah weir ( Arabic سدة الفلوجة, DMG Suddat al-Fallūǧa ) is about two kilometers south of Fallujah in the governorate of al-Anbar in Iraq . It regulates the flow of water from the Euphrates into two irrigation canals that supply the areas east of the Euphrates up to Al Musayib, 75 kilometers downstream as the crow flies . Its sole purpose is to regulate the flow of water; it has no storage volume of its own and also no connected hydroelectric power station .
The structure, completed in 1985, consists of two parts: The Euphrates can be blocked by a 205 m long straight weir, which has 10 gates each 16 m wide and 8.5 m high with sector weir locks and a lock for shipping, which no longer exists today. Next to it is the inlet structure on the left bank with 8 gates that are 6 m wide and can channel up to 104 m³ / s of water into two separate channels. Both structures also serve as a two-lane road bridge.
The Fallujah weir was built 2.5 km above the old, unregulated canal inlet next to a loop of the Euphrates. After its completion, the loop was closed, the river passed through the weir and a connection to the old canal was established.
From April 2014 to mid-2015 it was in the hands of IS .
Web links
Coordinates: 33 ° 18 ′ 31 ″ N , 43 ° 46 ′ 21 ″ E
