{"id":10341,"date":"2026-04-08T07:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/08\/water-level-rises-pashdan-dam-herat-excess-water-released-harirud-river\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:30:20","slug":"water-level-rises-pashdan-dam-herat-excess-water-released-harirud-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/08\/water-level-rises-pashdan-dam-herat-excess-water-released-harirud-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Level Rises at Pashdan Dam in Herat, Excess Water Released into Harirud River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local officials in Herat province have announced that the water level at the Pashdan Dam has risen, leading to the controlled release of excess water into the Harirud River.<\/p>\n<p>According to these officials, the increase in water volume at the dam has caused a portion of the stored water to be directed in a controlled manner to the natural course of the Harirud River. They did not provide specific details about the exact amount of water released.<\/p>\n<p>The Pashdan Dam is located in the western part of Afghanistan within Herat province and is considered one of the important water facilities in the region. The Harirud River is also a significant water source that flows through Herat.<\/p>\n<p>Water levels at dams across the country usually rise following rainfall or snowmelt in upstream areas, and managing this water is crucial to prevent potential risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water levels at Herat&#8217;s Pashdan Dam have risen, prompting controlled release of excess water into the Harirud River to manage flood risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}