Water, Power Projects for Faraway Tehran and Alborz Rural Areas

On the occasion of Government Week (August 24-30), 19 water and 62 electricity projects were inaugurated Saturday in Tehran Province.
Water projects will supply potable water to remote rural areas in the capital, the managing director of Tehran Province Rural Water and Wastewater Company said.
“An estimated 146,000 people in the suburbs and villages are to have access to piped water,” the Energy Ministry news portal Paven quoted Reza Pourrajab as saying.
Digging and equipping 10 water wells, constructing 56 km of water supply lines, construction of water storage reservoirs with a capacity of 7,850 cubic meters, and construction of six pumping stations are among the projects.