142 MLN CUB M OF WATER TO BE RELEASED FROM SEVAN LAKE IN 2009

ArmInfo
2009-06-04 15:25:00

ArmInfo. At Thursday session, the government of Armenia approved the
flushes from Sevan lakein the volume of 142 mln cub m in 2009. The
drafty decision was introduced by Chairman of the Water Economy State
Committee of Armenia Andranik Andreasyan.

o recall, the parliament of Armenia permitted flushes from Sevan
lake in 2008 in the volume of 360 mln cub m that twice exceeds the
indicator of 2007. Increase of flushes for irrigation was caused by
rainless weather.