Urmia Lake’s Water Level Down 60cm

The water level of Urmia Lake is currently 1,271.16 meters, which is 60 centimeters lower than last year’s level, the head of Urmia Lake Catchment Area said.
“The Energy Ministry had said the lake would receive 650 million cubic meters of water from eight dams in West Azarbaijan Province between September 2020 and March 2021. However, so far, only 240 mcm of water have been pumped into the lake and the main reason is the decline in precipitation and severe drought in Iran,” ILNA also quoted Masoud Baqerzadeh Karimi as saying.
According to the official, the drought, which is unprecedented in the last 50 years in the country, has led to a 50% reduction in water inflow from dams into the lake that is Iran’s largest inland body of water.