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There is 480.5 million cubic meters water in the reservoirs of Armenia, which is 30 million cubic meters less than in the same period in 2017, and 115 million cubic meters less than in 2016. The level of Lake Sevan is 1900 meters 56 centimeters, as much as in 2017, the Chairman of State Water Management Committee Arsen Harutyunyan briefed today PM Karen Karapetyan at a consultation held on Wednesday. 

Harutyunyan informed that water release through Arpa-Sevan tunnel has resumed since March 22.
According to Arsen Harutyunyan, the main problem in terms of water supply is associated with the farmland supplied by the Akhuryan reservoir. Currently the Akhuryan reservoir has 336 million cubic meters of water, which is 36 million cubic meters less than in the same period of 2017.

However, the Committee Chairman reported that 20 mobile pumping stations have already been set up and, at the same time, deep well drilling efforts are underway in different regions of Armenia. Arsen Harutyunyan advised that he had held several meetings with private investors interested in the construction of small and medium reservoirs in our country.

As the government press service reported, prioritizing the implementation of small and medium reservoir construction projects in cooperation with the private sector, Karen Karapetyan instructed the State Water Management Committee to finalize the programs and feasibility studies within a short period of time in cooperation with the Center for Strategic Initiatives.

"We need to develop a strategy of providing agriculture with irrigation water. In addition, we must address the problem through public-private sector partnership," the Acting Prime Minister said.