Water rationed in Abadan
The water of the Bahmanshir River has become so salty that it cannot be harvested or consumed. For this reason, and due to the drop in pressure, the bad-tasting, muddy drinking water of Abadani residents has been rationed until further notice.
On Tuesday, June 10, the Abadan Water Resources Department announced in a statement that the city's water production has decreased due to the suspension of water withdrawal from the Bahmanshir River. The IRNA news agency quoted the statement as saying: "The salinity of the Bahmanshir River has reached the level of sea water and withdrawals cannot be made from it."
Currently, the people of Abadan are supplied with drinking water only from the “Ghadir” water supply line. The Abadan Water and Sewerage Department has announced that the second “Ghadir” water supply line will be completed by the end of July, and water in various eastern areas of the city will be rationed until then.
The department has asked people to install water tanks in their homes to store water. In addition to enduring water rationing, people are also required to spend money to purchase the tanks.
Amer Kaabi, a representative of Abadan, had said a day before the news of water rationing in the city: "The Abadan water problem has occurred at the worst possible time, and during the peak of the heat, we are selling salt water to the people... At least in these critical water and sewage conditions, do not charge the people for the water cost of this period."
This rationing is being announced at a time when the drinking water in Abadan, Khorramshahr, Ahvaz, and Shadegan has been cloudy, smelly, and salty for a month now.
Jalil Mukhtar, a representative from Abadan, previously said that 31 villages in Abadan have a drinking water problem: "To get out of this crisis, we must release water from dams and limit the extraction of the Sugarcane Development Company so that downstream cities do not suffer."
Sadegh Haghighipour, CEO of Khuzestan Water and Sewerage Authority, had said a day before the announcement of Abadan's water rationing: "The standard salinity level of water is between 2,000 and 1,500 micromoules per centimeter, and the water supplied from the Ghadir project is between 2,000 and 2,500 micromoules per centimeter, and the water from the Mard Canal also has a salinity of about 11,000 micromoules per centimeter."
He added that the water in Khorramshahr and Abadan is safe and free of any contaminants and microbes, but it is not to the liking of subscribers in terms of taste!
Officials from the Khuzestan Drinking Water Quality Control Department have previously announced that one of the reasons for the province's muddy water is the deterioration of neighborhood water networks and weak water pressure; a situation that causes mud and salts present at the end of the network to be released when the tap is opened.
Source: DW
