Tehran Municipality Not Allowed to Utilize Groundwater for Greenspaces

The National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran will not allow Tehran Municipality to tap into underground resources in the sprawling capital for watering parks and greenspaces, the head of Tehran Water and Wastewater Company said.
"TM is allowed to use only treated wastewater to irrigate greenspaces," ILNA quoted Mohammad Reza Bakhtiari as saying.
“Tehran Municipality draws 150 million cubic meters of water from depleting underground resources annually. This is while the water crisis has been a serious concern for years. It uses 400,000 cubic meters of water every day, all of which are pumped from underground tables that are in bad shape.”