Population Growth in Tehran Will Exacerbate Water Shortage: Abfa

Overpopulation in Tehran Province has already strained limited water resources and population growth will be a recipe for disaster, the head of the state-owned Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company (Abfa) said.
“Tehran is the fifth arid province in Iran and although its population has tripled compared to 40 years ago, its water supplies have not increased proportionally,” Mohsen Ardakani was also quoted as saying by ILNA.
Water sources in the province can barely meet the current need and Abfa’s demographic analysis indicates that uncontrolled population expansion will translate into water tensions in the ever-expanding capital, he added.