Azerbaijan, Baku, August 1 /Trend/
Iran is constructing 134 dams with more than 13 billion cubic meters of reservoir's flood control capacity per year, ISNA reported quoting Managing Director of Iran's water resources Mohammad Rasouliha as saying.
"Currently 134 dams with capacity of 26.8 billion cubic meters to restore water are under construction to further produce 6,648 mega watt of electricity," he said.
Iran is also estimating the construction of 340 more dams with 46.4 billion cubic meters of water reservoir capacity to produce 22,918 mega watt of electricity in future, he added.
The country's limited water resources are expected not to cope to meet increasing demands, while such situation might lead to water crisis.
Managing Director of Iran Water and Wastewater Engineering Co said earlier that Iran is getting closer to water crisis while it faces cut in volume of rainfall to 180 millimeters in the current solar year (started on March 20, 2011).
Iran's recent reports on drought shows the expansion of drought through central parts of Iran increased by 76 percent creating serious danger for the central regions