November 16, 2020 23:58

Lake Urmia Water Project Complete

Close to 600 million cubic meters of water will be pumped annually from Zab River in Kurdistan Province to Kani Sib Dam in West Azarbaijan Province and then transferred to the lake through the tunnel and canal

The project to divert water from Zab River along the western borders to the distressed Lake Urmia in the northwest is almost complete and is expected to come on stream in December, director of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa) said.
“The scheme is part of measures to help restore the once largest saltwater lake in the Middle East,” Qasem Taqizadeh Khamesi was quoted as saying by IRNA.
The plan comprised a dam (Kani Sib in Piranshahr, West Azarbaijan Province), excavating a 36-km tunnel and digging a 17-km canal.

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Urmia Lake