Level of Armenia’s Lake Sevan is 1,900.34 meters as of September 1, 2011, due to which problems have risen with respect to cleaning the lakeshore’s forest-covered under-water areas, notes Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection’s “Program for Restoration and Protection of Lake Sevan’s Ecosystems” introduced to the Government. The large amount of organic material, which has remained under water, is polluting the water. Numerous constructions and infrastructure, which have likewise remained under water, are causing serious problems, too.   

In order to secure the water’s high quality, it is important to rapidly improve the situation connected with the great amount of non-purified wastewater spilling into the Lake.  Lake Sevan’s fish population has stood out by its uniqueness. And reduction in the Lake’s level, and overuse of its life sources and lack of their regular monitoring have changed the Lake’s biodiversity and severely reduced its fish sources. And reduction in the number of fish spices resulted in an intensive accumulation of organic material in the Lake’s ecosystem and in acceleration of swamplands, which likewise adversely affects Lake Sevan’s water ecosystem.