Unit: dam3
Source of data: Ministry of Infrastructure
Information about indicator
Name of the indicator
13.4.b Capacity of small water retention facilities
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 13. Climate action
Priority
Increasing the country's resilience to the effects of climate change
Definition
Total volume of small water retention facilities.
Unit
dam3
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Small water retention aims at reduction of the outflow of surface waters, with a balance of the natural environment by ensuring the protection and restoration of water resources. It is the ability to collect, detent and drain water in a particular place and time on the surface or in the soil, groundwater, vegetation and forest bad.
Facilities of small retention of water are buildings and equipment for keeping most of the water in its surface and by-surface circulation. They are:
- artificial water reservoirs with a capacity of 5 million cubic meters ,
