Water in Tehran is being rationed
Qasemzadeh, the spokesperson for the water industry, announced that the reserves of Tehran’s dams are at 12 percent and stated that water rationing is not on the agenda of the Ministry of Energy, and we are looking to diversify methods of water supply to overcome the critical situation.
The reduction in rainfall in Tehran province has now led to increased reliance on underground water sources. According to Mohammadreza Bakhtiari, the former CEO of Tehran’s water and sewage company, currently about 60 percent of the capital’s water consumption is supplied from underground sources, and only 40 percent from surface water.