Tehran Water Authority Strives to Control, Prevent Land Subsidence

Projects are underway in Tehran to help get out of the critical conditions it is facing due to land subsidence,  director of Tehran Regional Water Company said.
The projects include construction of a water treatment plant, sealing unauthorized wells, and replacing groundwater with treated wastewater for farming and industrial purposes,” Mehr News Agency reported Hassan Razavi as saying.
“With launch of the 7th water treatment plant in southeast of Tehran in January, so far 100 wells have been sealed and when the 6th treatment plant in the west opens in early summer, about 100 more wells will be shut,” he added.