The director of water affairs in Mahabad

Release of 90 million cubic meters of Mahabad dam

This amount last year at this time was 70 million cubic meters

Mahabad/Balviz/The director of water affairs in Mahabad said: This year, 90 million cubic meters of water have been released from the dam lake of this city for the agricultural sector

According to the economic service, Balviz news website “Khaled Rahmani” added: This year, due to the condition of the reservoir of the dam, the announced program of releasing water towards Lake Urmia is not on the agenda

He added: Also, regarding the water supply of the agricultural sector for the irrigation of autumn crops, a decision will be made next week considering the importance of this field

The director of water affairs in Mahabad stated: We currently have 58 million cubic meters of water storage behind the dam reservoir of this city

He continued: This amount last year at this time was 70 million cubic meters

Mahabad dam has a nominal capacity of 197 million cubic meters and a useful capacity of 172 million cubic meters

In addition to supplying drinking water to the city, this dam also covers more than 12 thousand hectares of agricultural land in this city

Mahabad/balviz/2023-11-07-00:45:00/News 3967/News code 19154/We 331

Translator: Meraj Bayzidi