Vileshchay reservoir

Dam in Masally District

39°00′14″N 48°35′27″E / 39.00389°N 48.59083°E / 39.00389; 48.59083PurposerecreationOpening date1986Dam and spillwaysImpoundsVileshchay RiverReservoirCreatesVileshchay Dam ReservoirTotal capacity46 000 000 m³

Vileshchay Reservoir is a reservoir created by the water of the Vilesh river, also called the Vileshchay river. The reservoir is located in the Masally Rayon of Azerbaijan.

The reservoir's volume is 46 million m³ and is a major attraction for tourists and therefore becoming a place of many hotels and resorts.^[1]^[2] The height of the dam is 37 meters and the overall horizontal length is 3.2 km. The government of the region will be increasing the height of the dam by 15 meters with a new construction which is going to increase the volume to 130 million m³.^[3]

In 2012, President Ilham Aliyev laid the foundations of a new water supply system in Masally, using the existing Vileshchay reservoir but also building a new reservoir.^[4]

According to a 2011 environmental assessment prepared by a Texas company (Aim Texas Trading), in cooperation with The World Bank, "Vileshchay Reservoir Water, is highly contaminated by the Enterococs [sic] and other microbial indicators because of the intensive breeding the stock and grazing activities in the upstreams of the river."^[5]

References

^ Masalli Rayonund Turısm Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Vileshchay River
^ Su Anbarlari Archived January 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "President visits southern Masalli District" Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, News.Az (March 13, 2012).
^ "Environmental Impact Assessment for Rayon Masalli", Consulting Engineering Overseas Management Group, a division of Aim Texas Trading, LLC (March 14, 2011).