Call for Optimizing Surface Water Resources in Mazandaran

Only 12% of the water used in the northern Mazandaran Province is provided from surface water resources and 88% come from groundwater resources, which include 740 wells and 373 springs, managing director of Mazandaran Water and Wastewater Company said.
“We need to build new dams so that we can make better use of our available surface water,” ILNA also quoted Behzad Bararzadeh as saying.
Located beside the Caspian Sea, Mazandaran receives water from numerous rivers, or mountain torrents flowing from the mountains to the sea, in addition to the annual rainfall.