Azerbaijan, Baku, July 22/ Trend N. Umid/
Water reserves in Iran's dam reservoirs reached 51 percent of total capacity, ISNA news agency reported.
Volume of the water in dam reservoirs during current water year (started in September 22, 2012) has increased by 7 percent, compared to the same period of last year, the report said.
At the being time, total water volume in dam reservoirs has reached 24.500 billion cubic meters.
Dam reservoirs' input during current water year has reached some 32.100 billion cubic meters, which indicates a 0.7 percent decrease compared to same period of last year.
According to the report, dam reservoirs' output from beginning of the current water year has reached some 25.400 billion cubic meters, which indicates 9 percent fall compared to same period last year.
Iran is located in the arid zone and over the past 40 years the country has repeatedly faced drought.
The drought of 1992-2002 caused considerable damage to agriculture. Quotas for fresh water were applied in some cities including Tehran.
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