Volume of water in Toktogul reservoir makes 8 bln 596 mln cubic meters

Bishkek, April 16, 2021 . / Kabar / . As of April 16, the volume of water in the Toktogul reservoir amounted to 8 billion 596 million cubic meters.

According to the press service of JSC "Electric Power Stations", the difference with last year is 2 billion 829 million cubic meters.

"The inflow so far is only 279 cubic meters per second, we are waiting for the beginning of the growing season. This is May-September, the time when there is a maximum inflow of water due to the melting of snow and glacial masses in the upper Naryn River,” the report says.

Toktogul Dam is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Naryn River in Jalal-Abad Oblast of Kyrgyzstan. It is concrete gravity dam with height of 215 metres (705 ft) and length of 292.5 metres (960 ft). It is a part of the Naryn-Syr Darya cascade.

The Toktogul Hydroelectric Station has installed capacity of 1,200 MW, which makes it the largest power plant in the country. It has four turbines with capacity of 300 MW each.