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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 feb 2007 · Characteristics. The Mosul Dam is a 113 m (371 ft) tall and 3.4 km (2.1 mi) long earth-fill embankment type with a clay core. The width of the crest is 10 m (33 ft). At an elevation of 330 m (1,080 ft) above sea level, the reservoir, named Lake Dahuk, withholds 11,100,000,000 m³ (9,000,000 acre⋅ft) of water.
21 mar 2023 · After fishermen on the dam noticed a drop in water levels, former residents of the village began to visit. One family travelled from Germany. The remains reappeared last month for the second time since they were covered by the Mosul Dam’s waters in 1985, but more damage has been done since the area last dried out in 2018.
18 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 ...
2 gen 2017 · The Mosul Dam in Iraq requires perpetual maintenance, which has been difficult amid Iraq's war with ISIS. If the dam collapses, the resulting wave could kill more than a million people. Dexter ...
5 mar 2016 · Engineers warn that the Mosul dam in Iraq could collapse at any time, threatening 1.5 million people. Needed repairs on the poorly built structure haven't been carried out since ISIS held it.
27 giu 2023 · The Mosul Dam, on the Tigris River about 50km from Mosul, provides power and water to many areas in Iraq's north. Since it was built in 1980, it has required regular maintenance involving injections of cement on leaking areas in a process called grouting.
