TEHRAN - Water inflow to Iran’s dams has decreased by 12 percent since the beginning of the current water year (September 23, 2023) up to March 2, 2024, compared to the same period last year, the new report released by the Water Resources Management Company shows.

According to the said report, during the mentioned period, 11.68 billion cubic meters of water entered the country’s dam reserves, while the figure stood at 13.3 billion last year, IRNA reported.

Despite the recent perspirations across the country, the total volume of water in dam reservoirs has experienced a three percent decrease compared to the previous year.

The report indicates that the volume of water in the country’s dams from the beginning of the current water year March 2, has reached 22.88 billion cubic meters, while the figure stood at 23.71 billion cubic meters last year.

Recent rains have led to the melting of snow cover, increasing the level of water behind dams. However, the water level of dams is still lower in comparison to last year.

The amount of water outflow from the dams in the aforesaid period, however, increased by 21 percent to reach 10.5 billion cubic meters. Last year and in the same period, the amount of water outflow was 8.71 billion cubic meters.

The total capacity of the country’s dams stands at 50.5 billion cubic meters, showing that only 46 percent of the dams’ capacity is full.

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