Alborz to Increase Water Storage Capacity for Countering Drought 

Construction work for building water storage reservoirs with a capacity of 55,000 cubic meters has started in Alborz Province, the head of the provincial water and wastewater company said.
“Although the region has water reservoirs to hold 500,000 cubic meters, plans are underway to increase the capacity by 40% or 200,000 cubic meters, as the water crisis is escalating,” Zolfaqar Mehdizadeh was also quoted as saying by the Energy Ministry’s news portal.
Of the total new capacity (200,000 cubic meters), close to 22,000 cubic meters are in place, about 55,000 cubic meters will become operational by March 2023 and the rest is expected to come on stream in 2024, he added.