20 Power, Water Projects Launched in Six Provinces

Twenty electricity and water projects costing over $23 million were launched in six provinces on Tuesday.
Of the 20 projects, six projects were in Kermanshah, four were in Gilan, three in East Azarbaijan and three in Fars, two in Bushehr, one in Hamedan and one provincial rural electricity supply project, the Energy Ministry’s news portal Paven reported.
Among the six utility projects in the western Kermanshah Province was the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Harsin County, which has a capacity to treat 13,500 cubic meters of sewage per day and covers 110,000 people.
Power projects in the province included three substations, 4.6 km of transmission and distribution lines, and an 8.6-megawatt small-scale power plant with distributed generation system, which were aimed at increasing network reliability, reducing energy losses and power supply for new subscribers.