BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 23. The water reserves of Iran's dams amounted to 27.2 billion cubic meters, within the 241 days of the current water year in the country (September 23, 2021, through May 21, 2022), an official of Iran Water Resources Management Company, Firouz Ghasemzadeh said, Trend reports citing Iranian Energy Ministry.
According to Ghasemzadeh, this is a decrease of 7 percent compared to the same period last year.
The official added that the inflow of water into the country’s dams amounted to 25.1 billion within the mentioned period, which is an increase of 2 percent, compared to the same period last Iranian year.
“Currently, 32 percent of the dams in Iran's Tehran Province, 31 percent in Isfahan Province, 59 percent in Khuzestan Province, and 75 percent in Lake Urmia in West Azerbaijan Province are full,” he said.
Given the country's climatic conditions and water resources, it is necessary to control water consumption in various areas, Ghasemzadeh also pointed out.
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