The Ministerial Council for Iraqi National Security, headed by the Prime Minister called for opening a dialogue with Turkey regarding the water iflow in the Iraqi rivers.. As you know, the reduced water flows coming from Turkey has been going down, down, down over the last several years.
Iraq is suffering from a water crisis in which it blames Turkey and Iran for their non-compliance with international agreements and their instrusion on Iraq’s quotas of water.
The first dam located on the Tigris River in Turkey, less than 43 miles from the Iraqi border has a storage capacity of 10.4 billion Cubic Meters, and its Hydroelectric Station has a capacity of about 1,200 megawatts. The operation of Ilisu Dam affected the Tigris River in terms of the hydrological and environmental aspects.
Another dam located 22 milies south of the first dam
Since 2003, Iraq has been suffering from a decline in the water level across the Tigris and Euphrates rivers as a result dams built in Turkey and Iran have caused a serious reduction in the water flow.
