ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. At 5:30 pm on August 5, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Artsakh received a signal that two people were drowned in the "Khachen" reservoir of the  Martakert region.

ArmInfo. As of today, the water reservoirs in Armenia are filled with 52%. Meanwhile, the more favorable in terms of sediment, the year 2016, provided an indicator  at 65%.  Answering the question of ArmInfo, the head of the State  Committee for Water Economy of Armenia Arsen Harutyunyan stated this  on April 8 at a meeting with journalists.

ArmInfo.If the existing weather conditions are preserved, the additional water intake from Lake Sevan will probably exceed last year's volumes. "As of March 22, about 39%  of the required norm has been accumulated in the reservoirs of  Armenia, instead of 47.2% in 2017 and 58% in 2016.

ArmInfo. The chairman of the State Committee of Water Resources of Armenia does not rule out that in the course of 2018 there will be a need for additional water releases from Lake Sevan. "At the present time, it is impossible to talk about what volumes are involved. However, if the weather conditions are poor, the additional water intake from Lake Sevan will be an unavoidable measure," Arsen Harutyunyan said at a meeting with journalists on February 6, answering the question of ArmInfo. According to Harutyunyan, in 2016, compared to 2015, the water level in Lake Sevan rose by 27 cm, thus keeping the trend of recent years. The exception was the year 2014, when the water level fell by 2-3 cm and then 2017 - with a decrease of 3-4 cm. This situation was caused by dry weather and as a result of an additional water supply from the lake. Over the past 15 years, the government has resorted to this measure due to irrigation problems several times. This winter, was unusually stingy for precipitation. As a result, the year became unfavorable in terms of accumulation of water reserves in reservoirs. To date, about 25% of the required norm has been accumulated, instead of the envisaged 30%. However, risks are already visible, because as of today even in comparison with 2016, also unfavorable in terms of sediment, in the reservoirs of Armenia the accumulated water volume is 75 million cubic meters less. Only in the Akhuryan reservoir is not enough 56 million cubic meters of water. The State Committee, according to the head of the department, is positive, as the Armenian weather forecasters promised that the second half of February and March will be rich in precipitation, which will mitigate the situation. Nevertheless, short-term precipitation, as Harutyunyan admitted, can only moisten the soil. The level of snow cover in the highlands is also insufficient. However, according to him, his department does not sit idly by. Measures have been taken to restore 14 deep wells in the Armavir region and 23 more wells will be drilled. Negotiations are also being conducted with Russian companies to import mobile pumping stations. "In any case, we will use the right for water intake from Lake Sevan at a rate of at least 170 million cubic meters," concluded Arsen Harutyunyan. On July 17, 2017, the National Assembly of Armenia approved amendments to the program "On restoration, conservation, reproduction and use of the Lake Sevan ecosystem", according to which in 2017 volumes of water releases from Lake Sevan from 170 million cubic meters were increased up to 270 million cubic meters. The reason for the increase in releases was the fact that the fullness of the Aparan and Azat reservoirs was 17 million cubic meters less than in the previous one, and the Hrazdan River is less than 40 million cubic meters full. In addition, the Akhuryanskoye reservoir was filled with 105 million cubic meters less. Despite the fact that the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia opposed the proposal to increase the water intake from Sevan, and independent experts unanimously reiterated that the decrease in the water level in Sevan will lead to irreversible consequences in connection with the intensification of the bogging process, the bill was adopted, that, like expected, reflected at the level of Lake Sevan.

ArmInfo.The fish in Akhuryan reservoir in Armenia began to mass die. The reason for that became a rapid discharge of water. About this corr. ArmInfo was told  by an eyewitness of the incident, the rector of the Orthodox Church  of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the archpriest Alexander  Shkarbanenko. He supported his message with photos and videos taken  from his cell phone. "SOS, the mass death of fish at the Akhuryan  reservoir." The nature protection should be used, "he wrote on his  social networking page.

ArmInfo.Amenian Government on August 17 approved the order for carculating additional income arising in the companies of power system from the sale of electricity produced at the expense of water produced in Lake Sevan in 2017, exceeding 170 million cubic meters. M., and gave permission to Ministry of Energy Infrastructure and Natural Resources to open an  off-budget account.

ArmInfo. "Once again, we are convinced of the insolvency of our business executives in the issues of water management," the independent expert on water resources Ph.D.   Knarik Hovhannisyan said in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent, commenting on the legislative initiative of the Armenian government to increase in 2017 the volume of water releases from Lake Sevan from 170 million cubic meters to 270 million cubic  meters.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. The proposal of Armenian Government to  take 100 million cubic meters of water due to the lack of a natural  climate in the sediments was not observed. This opinion was expressed  at the press conference by the chairman of "Association for  Sustainable Human Development" social organization Karine Danielyan.

ArmInfo. During  May 9-10 night  the enemy has violated the cease fire at the contact line of  Azerbaijani-NKR Military forces contact line over 60 times. 

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.