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Mosul Dam is one of the most important strategic projects in Iraq for management of its water resources. Construction of Mosul Dam began on January 25th, 1981 and started operating on July 7th, 1986. The dam is a multipurpose project to provide water for three irrigation projects, flood control and hydropower generation.
18 ago 2014 · "Assuming a worst-case scenario, an instantaneous failure of Mosul dam filled to its maximum operating level could result in a flood wave 20 metres (65.5ft) deep at the city of Mosul," it said.
Background. Mosul Dam was captured by ISIL militants on August 7, 2014, after Kurdish forces retreated from the area, following a series of battles in the region. Some American officials described the fall of the dam as a grave concern, because it could release a 20-metre (66 ft) wave of water if it was destroyed, threatening towns and cities ...
5 gen 2017 · The Mosul Dam, 40 miles (60 kilometres) away from the Isis-controlled city of the same name, holds 11.1 billion cubic metres of water, and has been plagued by problems since its construction in ...
16 giu 2019 · Mosul Dam – Iraq’s largest dam and the fourth largest dam in the Middle East, is located along the Tigris River some 250 miles from the country’s capital of Baghdad. The dam is 371 feet tall and 2.1 miles long and throughout its 33-year history it has continued to provide water supply, irrigation, flood control, and hydropower for the people of Iraq.
This year the Mosul Dam Rehabilitation Project (Iraq) has been selected as this year’s Outstanding Project! The award is being presented at DFI’s 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in National Harbor, Maryland, October 4-7. In consideration of the critical situation characterising the Mosul dam, in October 2015 the Iraqi Government ...
28 ago 2014 · Initially referred to as the “Saddam Dam”, construction on the Mosul Dam began in 1980, at the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war. The project was important to bolster support for Saddam Hussein during the conflict and promoting Ba’athism, an Arab nationalist ideology that combines socialist modernisation efforts with a secular, single-party government.
