Urmia Lake Water Level Declines

Urmia Lake’s water level is currently 1,270 meters, down 49 centimeters compared to last year’s level, the head of Integrated Water Resources Management Department at the Energy Ministry said.
“The lake should receive 3 billion cubic meters of water from precipitation, but severe droughts in Iran have adversely affected the water level in Iran’s largest inland body of water,” Kiasat Amirian was also quoted as saying by ILNA.
Plans are underway to increase the lake’s water level to 1,274 meters, which might be overshadowed by low rainfall, he added.
At present, the lake holds 1.6 bcm of water, which is 3.4 bcm less compared to 2019 when it stored 5 bcm.