Level of water in Lake Sevan rises 8 centimeters
23.12.2015,
14:06
On December 21, the level of water in Armenia’s largest Lake of Sevan stood at 1,900.21 meters above sea level, higher than at the beginning of the year when it was 1,900.13 meters, nature protection minister Aramayis Grigoryan told a news conference today.
YEREVAN, December 23. /ARKA/. On December 21, the level of water in Armenia’s largest Lake of Sevan stood at 1,900.21 meters above sea level, higher than at the beginning of the year when it was 1,900.13 meters, nature protection minister Aramayis Grigoryan told a news conference today.
According to him, since 2002, the water level in the lake rose by 3.89 meters, by 0.87 meters more than stipulated by a special law on the lake.
Grigoryan said a major reconstruction of Arpa-Sevan tunnel that brings additional water to the lake will be over by December 2017. In 2015, the tunnel transported 110.723 million cubic meters of water.
He said when the reconstruction of the tunnel is over the lake’s level will rise to the projected 1903.5 meters above sea level.
He also noted that in recent years the transparency of the water in Sevan has improved making now 16 meters. "This means that in parallel with the rise in the water level there is an effective self-cleaning", - Grigoryan said.
According to the minister, some 167.743 million cubic meters of water were pumped out from the lake this year for irrigation purposes, down from 170 million cubic meters, set by the government.
Lake Sevan is one of the largest alpine lakes in Europe and Asia, located in the heart of the Armenian plateau at an altitude of 1914 meters. It is 70 kilometer-long and the area of its water surface is nearly 1,500 square kilometers. The lake is a major source of fresh water in the region.-0-
According to him, since 2002, the water level in the lake rose by 3.89 meters, by 0.87 meters more than stipulated by a special law on the lake.
Grigoryan said a major reconstruction of Arpa-Sevan tunnel that brings additional water to the lake will be over by December 2017. In 2015, the tunnel transported 110.723 million cubic meters of water.
He said when the reconstruction of the tunnel is over the lake’s level will rise to the projected 1903.5 meters above sea level.
He also noted that in recent years the transparency of the water in Sevan has improved making now 16 meters. "This means that in parallel with the rise in the water level there is an effective self-cleaning", - Grigoryan said.
According to the minister, some 167.743 million cubic meters of water were pumped out from the lake this year for irrigation purposes, down from 170 million cubic meters, set by the government.
Lake Sevan is one of the largest alpine lakes in Europe and Asia, located in the heart of the Armenian plateau at an altitude of 1914 meters. It is 70 kilometer-long and the area of its water surface is nearly 1,500 square kilometers. The lake is a major source of fresh water in the region.-0-
