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WATER IN LAKE SEVAN TO BE TREATED, LEVEL RAISED UNDER FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM
YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. Water in Sevan lake will be treated
and the level will rise as part of a five-year program, said Mher
Mkrtumyan, head of administration at State Water Committee of Armenia.
The government-approved 2014-2019 program includes construction
of reservoirs, wastewater treatment works and measures to solve
irrigation problems to avoid discharge from the lake, Mkrtumyan said
at a discussion on effects of discharges from Sevan Tuesday. The
government will continue subsidizing irrigation costs for farmers,
he said.
The government-approved bill about protection of Sevan ecosystem
envisages increasing discharges from the lake from the current 170
million to 240 million cubic meters, which is the maximum. If there
is a risk of water level reduction, the discharge will be reduced
for the next year, Mkrtumyan said.
According to another law, "About Lake Sevan", water quantity is to be
increased by a total of more than 8 billion cubic meters in 2002-2030.
"We are ahead of the schedule and provided 5.2 billion cubic meters
or 60% of the planned volume over 13 years", Mkrtumyan said.
Lake Sevan, one of the largest alpine lakes in Europe and Asia,
is located in the heart of the Armenian plateau, at an altitude of
1,914 meters. The lake stretches over 70 kilometers from northwest
to southeast. Its water surface area is nearly 1500 square kilometers.
The lake is the main source of drinking water in the region. The
water level in the lake will be raised to the optimum 1,903.5 meters
by 2030. -0--
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YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. Water in Sevan lake will be treated
and the level will rise as part of a five-year program, said Mher
Mkrtumyan, head of administration at State Water Committee of Armenia.
The government-approved 2014-2019 program includes construction
of reservoirs, wastewater treatment works and measures to solve
irrigation problems to avoid discharge from the lake, Mkrtumyan said
at a discussion on effects of discharges from Sevan Tuesday. The
government will continue subsidizing irrigation costs for farmers,
he said.
The government-approved bill about protection of Sevan ecosystem
envisages increasing discharges from the lake from the current 170
million to 240 million cubic meters, which is the maximum. If there
is a risk of water level reduction, the discharge will be reduced
for the next year, Mkrtumyan said.
According to another law, "About Lake Sevan", water quantity is to be
increased by a total of more than 8 billion cubic meters in 2002-2030.
"We are ahead of the schedule and provided 5.2 billion cubic meters
or 60% of the planned volume over 13 years", Mkrtumyan said.
Lake Sevan, one of the largest alpine lakes in Europe and Asia,
is located in the heart of the Armenian plateau, at an altitude of
1,914 meters. The lake stretches over 70 kilometers from northwest
to southeast. Its water surface area is nearly 1500 square kilometers.
The lake is the main source of drinking water in the region. The
water level in the lake will be raised to the optimum 1,903.5 meters
by 2030. -0--
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/water_in_lake_sevan_to_be_treated_level_raised_und er_five_year_program/#sthash.fDzfgAli.dpuf