Iraq’s water reserves are at the “lowest” in the country’s history, a spokesman for the Water Resources Ministry was quoted as saying yesterday, having reduced to almost half of last year’s amount. “Current water reserves in Iraq are the lowest in the history of the country, and are 50 per cent of last year,” spokesman Khaled Shamal told Rudaw. Shamal also revealed that the amount of water flowing into Iraq through the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is lower than the amount being released by the retention dams on both waterways. The Mosul dam on the Tigris River receives 275 cubic metres of water per second (mcps) but releases 400 mcps, while the Haditha dam on the Euphrates River releases 200 mcps … Continue reading Iraq: Water reserves at ‘lowest’ in history says ministry