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Tehran Water Reclamation Capacity to Reach 442 mcm

Firouz Bahram Wastewater Treatment Plant will treat wastewater produced by 2.1 million people in 12 districts in the metropolis that is expanding in all four directions in the past half century
Tehran Water Reclamation Capacity to Reach 442 mcm
Tehran Water Reclamation Capacity to Reach 442 mcm

The Firouz Bahram Wastewater Treatment Plant at the southwestern tip of Tehran will raise yearly water reclamation capacity by nearly 76%, head of the provincial Water and Wastewater Company said.
"There is only one wastewater treatment facility in the capital that treats 250 million cubic meters of effluent a year. After the second plant is complete output will rise to 442 mcm/y," the Energy Ministry news portal quoted Mohammad Reza Bakhtiari as saying.
The new plant will treat 520,000 cubic meters of sewage a day (192 mcm per annum) and will start work in March.
Built over 60 hectares in Eslamshahr County in southwest Tehran, the plant is being built by the Tehran Regional Water Company and will treat wastewater produced by 2.1 million people in 12 districts in the metropolis that is expanding in all four directions in the past half century. With 12 million people, the capital has 22 municipal districts.

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