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Suqovuşan water reservoir (Soviet and occupation period: Madagiz water reservoir) — a water reservoir located in the Suqovuşan area of the Tartar district, on the Tartar River. The reservoir was commissioned in 1975 to provide water to agricultural lands. The Madagiz water reservoir was located in the part of the Tartar district that was under Armenian occupation.

It was liberated from occupation by the Azerbaijani Army on 3 October 2020.

Technical specifications

The dam height is 28 m, length 630 m, the total volume of the reservoir is 5.86 million m³. The Suqovuşan-1 hydroelectric power plant has a capacity of 4.8 MW and the Suqovuşan-2 hydroelectric power plant has a capacity of 3 MW. During the Armenian occupation these plants were operated by QSC. This closed joint-stock company had 48% of its shares owned by a fictitious entity, the remaining 52% of the shares belonged to smaller private entrepreneurs.