Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 21
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
The total volume of the water in Iranian Tehran province's five reservoirs dam currently stand at 402 million cubic meters which indicates a decrease of 34 percent compared to the same period of last year, Iranian ISNA news agency reported on Feb. 21.
The dam reservoirs' input during the current crop year (started in September 22, 2013) has reached some 277 million cubic meters, which indicates a 15 percent decrease compared to the same period last year.
Water input to Taleqan, Mamlou, Karaj and Latyan dams has decreased by 19, 21, 25 and 30 percent respectively during the current crop year compared to the preceding year, the report said.
While water input to Lar dam has increased by 35 percent during the period compared to the same period of the last crop year.
For the time being, water reserves of Lar (14 million cubic meters), Taleqan (155 million cubic meters), Mamlou (116 million cubic meters), Karaj (91 million cubic meters) and Latyan (27 million cubic meters) dams stand at 1, 37, 46, 50 and 35 percent of their total capacity respectively.
The current volume of water reserves in the mentioned dams indicate a decrease by 41, 65, 24, 20, 42 percent respectively compared to the last year.
In October, 2013 Iranian PANA news agency quoted the Managing Director of Tehran Water and Wastewater Company Mohammad Parvaresh as saying that Iran's capital city faces a 40 million cubic meter water shortage.
According to the reports, Tehran experienced water interruptions for a few hours in some areas in late July.
Water shortages have always been a pressing problem in Iran. The country is located in an arid zone and over the past 40 years has repeatedly faced drought. The drought of 1992-2002 caused considerable damage to agriculture and quotas for fresh water were applied in some cities including Tehran.
Edited by C.N.