Mar 5, 2024, 12:30 PM

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Lake Urmia water volume reaches 1.5 billion cubic meters

Lake Urmia water volume reaches 1.5 billion cubic meters

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – Head of Iran's Department of Environment (DOE) Ali Salajegheh has said that the volume of the water at Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, reached 1.5 billion cubic meters.

Salajegheh announced on Tuesday that water right of Lake Urmia was supplied for the first time in recent years, adding that the volume of water in the lake has reached 1.5 billion cubic meters due to the release of water from two dams in the area.

He expressed hope that the remaining dams would also release their water to the lake by the end of the year.

Iran has spent heavily on infrastructure projects in recent years to prevent Lake Urmia, Iran’s largest salt lake, from drying up.

Lake Urmia, located in the northwest of Iran, was once the most extensive permanent hypersaline lake in the world.

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