Upswing in Tehran Water Use Persists

Water consumption in Tehran reached 40,000 liters per second over the last seven days, up 15% compared with the same period of a year ago.
According to data from Tehran Regional Water Company and the Energy Ministry, the upswing is alarming as the level of water in dams in the sprawling province is on the downswing, ILNA reported.
“Dams supplying water to Tehran, namely Taleqan, Latyan, Mamlou, Karaj and Lar, now hold a total of 559 million cubic meters of water, which are 65 mcm less than in the same period of last year when it was 624 mcm,” the report added.
The five dams together can hold 2 billion cubic meters of water, but now they are only 25% full.