Admit to be totally astonished at this story having seen the Dam in recent headlines. Not a query of any sorts but simply an interest piece for digestion.
Quite what they are aiming to achieve by continuing the grouting for such a length of time I have no idea. At least one of the references cites the commencement of scheme to insert a 'concrete wall' presumably a diaphragm wall through the embankment and into non-soluble rock beneath. hopefully this will/is going ahead and will stabilize the structure.
A truly horrifying level of risk associated with this structure although I do wonder about some of the volume and flow calculations, Baghdad is an awful long way from the dam..........?
Quite what they are aiming to achieve by continuing the grouting for such a length of time I have no idea. At least one of the references cites the commencement of scheme to insert a 'concrete wall' presumably a diaphragm wall through the embankment and into non-soluble rock beneath. hopefully this will/is going ahead and will stabilize the structure.
A truly horrifying level of risk associated with this structure although I do wonder about some of the volume and flow calculations, Baghdad is an awful long way from the dam..........?