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RESERVOIRS CAN BE HALF EMPTY NOT BECAUSE OF WEATHER BUT SHPPS: SPECIALISTS
14:56 February 03, 2015
Tert.am
At the press conference held several days ago Deputy Director of MES
Meteorological Center Gagik Surenyan said this winter was the warmest
after the winter in 1966. Under him, the thickest snow cover is in
Ashotsq - 52 cm, when the snow cover in the country usually makes up
90 cm. He also advised that February will also be a warm month.
Hrach Berberyan, Chairman of "Agrarian and Rural Union" NGO, also
thinks that the situation is very worrying, as the precipitation is
low, but he thinks it's too early to worry.
Anyway, he claimed that the Government shall pay attention to this
problem, and not to present the lack of water as cause, but to solve
"problems with SHPPs on each river and brooklet", which cause the
reservoirs to be half empty.
Environmentalist Inga Zarayan claims it's too early to speak about lack
of water. "Certainly there are worrying signals, but the situation will
get clearer in February and March. The main problem we experience is
with losses, out losses account for 70-80% in the irrigation system,
and if this year is a dry year, we won't be able to supply water once
again," she said and added focus should be on minimizing the losses.
http://ecolur.org/en/news/water/reservoirs-can-be-half-empty-not-because-of-weather-but-shpps-specialists/6987/
14:56 February 03, 2015
Tert.am
At the press conference held several days ago Deputy Director of MES
Meteorological Center Gagik Surenyan said this winter was the warmest
after the winter in 1966. Under him, the thickest snow cover is in
Ashotsq - 52 cm, when the snow cover in the country usually makes up
90 cm. He also advised that February will also be a warm month.
Hrach Berberyan, Chairman of "Agrarian and Rural Union" NGO, also
thinks that the situation is very worrying, as the precipitation is
low, but he thinks it's too early to worry.
Anyway, he claimed that the Government shall pay attention to this
problem, and not to present the lack of water as cause, but to solve
"problems with SHPPs on each river and brooklet", which cause the
reservoirs to be half empty.
Environmentalist Inga Zarayan claims it's too early to speak about lack
of water. "Certainly there are worrying signals, but the situation will
get clearer in February and March. The main problem we experience is
with losses, out losses account for 70-80% in the irrigation system,
and if this year is a dry year, we won't be able to supply water once
again," she said and added focus should be on minimizing the losses.
http://ecolur.org/en/news/water/reservoirs-can-be-half-empty-not-because-of-weather-but-shpps-specialists/6987/