Rains Fill 50% of Iranian Dams

Unprecedented torrential rainfall in the past few days in several provinces, including Tehran, Alborz, Markazi, Isfahan, Fars, Hormozgan, Sistan-Baluchestan, Yazd and Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, has filled 50% of Iranian dams, director general of the National Water Database said.
“The volume of water inflow into Hormozgan and Sistan-Baluchestan dams has been 70 million cubic meters and 120 mcm respectively over the last week,” Firouz Qasemzadeh was also quoted as saying by ILNA.
Dams in Tehran and Khuzestan provinces are also getting full and measures have been taken to minimize the adverse effects of potential floods, he added.
The official noted that since the beginning of the new water year (started September 2021), close to 29 billion cubic meters of water have entered dams across Iran, up 5% compared with the same period of a year ago.