Abstract
This study is concerning in recognizing and defining the factors affected on water resources in Iraq, by application of knowledge discovery in database (KDD) techniques, KDD is a useful technique to discover the underlying concepts and unusual knowledge and that were not previously known from databases through a systematic process. There are lot software package usages with (KDD), while in this paper (Microsoft Excel) was used, since it is availableness and Easygoingness. Many factors are detected which have an impact on water resources in Iraq. External factors have not controlled by Iraq management such as water policies of riparian countries and climate factors (natural) while internal factors are under Iraqi control such as irrigation methods and losses. Some of these factors affected on quantity or quality or both. Finally a successive management shall take care all these factors.
