Simultaneously with the publication of photos of the significant increase in water storage in the Karaj Dam reservoir, Mohammad Reza Jahanshahi, the deputy of protection and operations of the Alborz Regional Water Company, announced that the volume of water stored in the Karaj Dam has reached 123 million cubic meters. According to Jahanshahi, this amount was about 11 million cubic meters in the corresponding period last year.
This official of the Alborz Regional Water Company announced that the water storage of the Karaj Dam has increased by 991% compared to the same period last year, and now 69% of the storage capacity of this dam is full. Karaj Dam still has about 56 million cubic meters of empty water storage capacity.
He also announced that the amount of precipitation in Alborz district has reached 97.5 mm since the beginning of this water year. While this amount was only 0.8 mm in the corresponding period last year.