Tehran’s Flawed Urbanization Endangering Water Resources

Unsustainable urbanization of the sprawling Iranian capital Tehran has endangered water resources in and around the province, a member of Iran Water Industry Federation, a privately-owned organization, said.
“Supplying water to residents in Tehran at any price is a wrong policy, as it has forced related bodies to dig wells in plains from which water withdrawal is forbidden,” Reza Hajkarim was also quoted as saying by ILNA.
As the dams around the capital are half empty most of the time, thousands of wells have been drilled to meet rising demand in the city, the irreparable damage of which approach is already taking a heavy toll on diminishing water resources, he added.
The official said the absence of adequate wastewater treatment plants has added salt to injury in a city where recycling sewage must be a top priority.