Dry Towers Curb Water Use in Hamedan Thermal Power Plant

Using reclaimed wastewater and replacing cool towers with dry towers has helped Hamedan’s Shahid Mofateh Thermal Power Plant to curb water withdrawal from ground resources by 85%, managing director of the company said.
“As per a directive by the Energy Ministry, it is obligatory for all thermal power plants to use processed wastewater [instead of potable water] in the cooling towers,” Abdulmajid Dinarvand was quoted as saying by Barq News.
On the long-term plans to replace water from wells, lakes and rivers in power plants with treated wastewater, he said the first project to supply treated wastewater to cooling towers is being implemented in SMTPP.