Khorasan Razavi Using Water It Does Not Have

Extraction from renewable water resources in Khorasan Razavi Province has reached petrifying levels, the head of provincial Water Company said.
"At least 25% of what is being consumed now belongs to future generations," Mohammad Ala'ee was quoted as saying by ISNA.
Referring to measures to reverse the dangerous consumption and prohibitive trend, he said sealing illegal wells is a top priority. He did not provide any details.
Moreover, the process to installing smart meters on authorized water wells has been expedited so that water extraction can be monitored accurately and round-the-clock.
The water official said people in Iran’s most important religious province have yet not recognized the scale and scope of the water crisis. “It is the company's responsibility to spread awareness. If not, a bad situation will get worse.”