Tehran Water Use Alarming

Daily water consumption in Tehran has reached 3.6 million cubic meters that is unprecedented in the history of the metropolis, managing director of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company said at the weekend.
“Consumption in the sprawling capital has risen 20% or 600,000 cubic meters per day since March when the figure approached 3 mcm/d,” Mohammadreza Bakhtiari was quoted as saying by ILNA.
The new record is 100,000 cubic meters higher than the previous one (3.5 mcm), which was set on July 19, 2019.
“Average water consumption in Tehran has experienced an ascending order and increased 200,000 cubic meters per month in the last 80 days.”