TEHRAN – Over 22.64 million cubic meters of water is stored behind the dams across Iran since the beginning of the current water year (late September) up to November 16, registering an increase of 13 percent year on year.

Based on the Energy Ministry data, the total capacity of the country’s dam reservoirs currently stands at 50.5 billion cubic meters indicating that 44 percent of the dam reservoirs are full, IRNA reported.

As reported, the total volume of water inflow to the reservoirs of the country's dams stood at 2.4 million cubic meters in the mentioned period, three percent less than the figure for the last year’s same period.

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