Keywords: water sources, reserve, resource, fresh water, low water, climate change
Мелиорация.– 2023. – №4 (106). – P 73–75
Information about water sources in Azerbaijan, areas of their use, the number of water sources and fresh water reserves is systematized. However, despite this, fresh water resources in the country are very limited. Depending on the water content of the year, the total reserve of groundwater and surface fresh water is 11.1 billion m3 in extremely dry years and 46.3 billion m3 in wet years, and the average long-term reserve is 36.68 billion m3. In recent years, due to global climate change, water resources have been gradually declining. Therefore, there is a serious need to create additional water reserves, and
existing water resources need to be used more efficiently and economically.