An informed source confirmed on Sunday that water releases from the Mosul Dam toward the Tigris River basin remain stable at 1,250 cubic meters per second, denying reports claiming they had been increased to 2,000 cubic meters per second.
The source told dinaropinions.com that the release levels have remained unchanged for the second consecutive day and dismissed circulating reports about a major increase in water flow.
According to the source, decisions to increase or reduce water releases depend on maintaining balance between water inflows coming from Turkey, the storage level of the Mosul Dam reservoir, and the mechanism used to manage surplus water along the basin stretching from Mosul through Salah al-Din and toward the Samarra Dam.
The source explained that high flood waves are redirected toward the Tharthar Depression, which serves as a protective buffer for Baghdad against potential flooding.
He also noted that water releases from the Mosul Dam had reached between 2,200 and 2,500 cubic meters per second on certain days during the past few weeks.
The source stressed that the current release policy is focused on maintaining balance while making use of excess water by directing it toward the Tharthar Depression under established water management regulations.
