Desalinated Water to Comprise 15% of Household Supply by 2040  

The Energy Ministry plans to raise Iran’s desalinated water capacity for household supply to 7% by 2025 from the current 3% and reach 15% by 2040.
Currently, 75 water desalination plants are operating across the country with a total capacity of 444,000 cubic meters per day, or 162 million cubic meters a year, the Energy Today website reported.
The output is in accordance with national standards related to microbial, physical and chemical parameters.