BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 13. The water reserves of Iran's dams amounted to 26.5 billion cubic meters, within the 262 days of the current water year in the country (September 23, 2021, through June 11, 2022), an official of Iran Water Resources Management Company, Firouz Ghasemzadeh said, Trend reports citing Iranian Energy Ministry.
This is a decrease of 5 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year, the official noted.
Ghasemzadeh added that the inflow of water into the country’s dams amounted to 26.7 billion within the mentioned period, which is an increase of 3 percent, compared to the same period last Iranian year.
According to him, currently, 34 percent of the dams in Iran's Tehran Province, 29 percent in Isfahan Province, 57.7 percent in Khuzestan Province, and 71 percent in Lake Urmia in West Azerbaijan Province are full.
The official also said that given the country's climatic conditions and water resources, it is necessary to control water consumption in various areas.
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