DAMASCUS: Technical teams at Syria’s Euphrates Dam have begun closing a spillway gate to manage water levels along the Euphrates River following a decline in water inflows from Turkiye, the Ministry of Energy has announced.
The single gate was releasing about 300 cubic meters of water per second prior to the closure.
With the gate closed, the total water discharged through the Euphrates Dam will be scaled back to about 1,400 cubic meters per second.
Officials said the operational measure was intended to gradually and safely restore water levels to their normal range along the river’s course through the provinces of Raqqa and Deir Ezzor.
Mohammad Al-Bashir, the Syrian Arab Republic’s energy minister, confirmed via a post on X that water levels along the Euphrates were already showing gradual improvement due to the technical measures implemented.
