Semnan Water Consumption Up 17%

Water consumption in Semnan Province has increased this year due to the spread of the coronavirus and rise in temperature compared to two years ago before the pandemic, managing director of the provincial water and wastewater company said.
“The subscribers of the company used about 28 million cubic meters of piped water in the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Aug. 22) similar to the last year, which is higher than the consumption in the same period of two years ago when the figure was less than 24 mcm,” IRNA also quoted Mohammad Taheri as saying.
Water consumption has shot up by 40% in different regions of Iran since the beginning of the pandemic in the country (February 2020) as people wash their hands several times a day and clean possessions and environment regularly as a preventive measure against the contagious virus.