US EditionDrinking water in Tehran could run dry in two weeks, Iranian official says
- Behzad Parsa, director of the capital's water company, said on Sunday the Amir Kabir Dam holds just 14 million cubic metres of water, eight percent of capacity, supplying Tehran for two weeks.
- Last month, local officials said rainfall in Tehran province was nearly without precedent for a century and Behzad Parsa said precipitation fell by 100 percent compared with a year earlier.
- A year earlier the dam held 86 million cubic metres of water, and Iranian media report Tehran consumes around three million cubic metres daily.
- Residents of Tehran face supply cuts to several neighbourhoods amid frequent outages, threatening Tehran, the megacity of more than 10 million people whose rivers feed multiple reservoirs.
- Water scarcity across Iran is driven by mismanagement, overexploitation of underground resources and climate change, while Iraq faces its driest year since 1993 with river levels down by 27 percent.
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Could Tehran run out of drinking water in 2 weeks?
The main source of drinking water in Tehran, the Amir Kabir dam, is at risk of running dry within two weeks. The dam now holds just 14 million cubic metres of water, which is eight per cent of its capacity, said the director of the capital's water company, Behzad Parsa
Tehran faces water crisis as dam nears drying point
Tehran faces a critical water shortage as the Amir Kabir dam, a major source of the capital’s drinking water, holds only 8% of its capacity. Authorities warn the dam can supply water for just two more weeks due to a historic drought. FRANCE 24's Saeed Azimi has the details from Tehran.
Only two weeks of water left in Tehran's main reservoir
Tehran's main source of drinking water is at risk of running dry within two weeks, state media warned on Sunday, owing to a historic drought. The Amir Kabir dam, one of five which provide drinking water for the capital, "holds just 14 million cubic metres of water, which is eight percent of its capacity," the director of the capital's water company, Behzad Parsa, was quoted as saying by the IRNA news agency. At that level, it can only continue t…
In Iran, there is a historical drought.
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