Isfahan Steelmaker Wakes Up to Worsening Water Crisis

To reduce demand for fresh water in the arid province of Isfahan, an agreement was signed on Tuesday between the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa) and Isfahan Steel Company, Iran's biggest producer of structural steel, head of the water company said.
“As per the contract, the steel company will expand wastewater network and plants in Fouladshahr, a district in Lenjan County and Imanshahr in the central district of Falavarjan County, in the next two years,” Hashem Amini was quotes as saying by the Energy Ministry news portal.
Once completed, the plants’ treated wastewater will be sold to the steelmaker through a 100-kilometer pipeline for 20 years.
According to the official, the project, aimed at conserve as much water as possible by drawing on unconventional resources, is estimated to cost $13 million and the steel producer will be supplied with at least 125 million cubic meters of recycled sewage in a 20-year period.