BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr. 5
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The water reserves of Iran's dams amounted to 29.3 billion cubic meters since the beginning of the current water year (September 22, 2020) to April 2, Trend reports citing the statistics of Ministry of Energy of Iran.
According to the statistics, the water reserves of Iran's dams decreased by 12 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
At present, the capacity of Iran's dams is 50.5 billion cubic meters. So, only 58 percent of Iran's dams are full, the statistics said.
“As a result of natural precipitations, 19.8 billion cubic meters of water inflow the dams until of April 2, which is a decrease of 34 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year,” the statistics said.
According to the statistics, so, 29.9 billion cubic meters of water was filled into the dams in the same period last Iranian year.
Meanwhile, the water outflow from Iran's dams also decreased by 30 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year. Thus, 17.7 billion cubic meters of water was outflown from Iran's dams from the beginning of the current water year to April 2.