Water consumption in Tehran hit a record on Friday, exceeding the peak use in summer, Tehran Water and Wastewater Company announced.
The citizens of Tehran consumed 46,000 liters per second of water on Friday, which is equivalent to the consumption of 30,000 bottles of 1.5-liter mineral water per second, IRNA reported.
The high amount of consumption in the fall has occurred while this is the third consecutive dry year with low rainfall in Tehran, and the water stress situation has been unprecedented in the capital for the past 50 years as the city has never witnessed such a long-term drought.
The average water consumption of the capital in recent days has been about 3.3 billion liters per day, and according to the available water reserves, the city cannot continue like this for long.
In such a situation, Tehrani citizens are expected to reduce their consumption so that the provincial water company can avoid restricting Tehran’s water supply.
A survey of the water consumption trend in the first half of the current Iranian year in Tehran Province (March 21-Sept. 22) shows that only 37% of households had normal consumption and other consumers were in the "high consumption" and "bad consumption" categories.
According to these statistics, 59% of the subscribers are heavy consumers, using 14 to 28 cubic meters per month, that is twice the defined consumption pattern, and 4% of the subscribers are considered bad users as their consumption has exceeded 28 cubic meters per month. According to reports, this category of subscribers alone consumes 10% of the total domestic drinking water in Tehran.
In order to protect water resources, which have been decreasing due to the continued drought in recent years, the water of bad users is cut off during certain hours of the day. This measure will continue until they reduce their consumption and follow the pattern.
