Officials Sound the Alarm; Capital Faces Waterless Summer
A board member of Iran’s Sustainable Water and Soil Association has warned that with declining water reserves in dams supplying drinking water to Tehran province, Iran’s capital will “certainly” face numerous problems in ensuring drinking water supply this summer.
Mohsen Mousavi Khansari, a board member of Iran’s Sustainable Water and Soil Association, warned in an interview with domestic media that given the declining water reserves in dams supplying drinking water to Tehran province, the capital will “certainly” face numerous problems in ensuring drinking water supply this summer.
This official described the condition of five dams responsible for supplying drinking water to Tehran as “concerning.”
Khansari, noting that Tehran’s total drinking water reserves amount to approximately 300 million cubic meters, stated: “Latyan Dam and Lar Dam, which are located east of Tehran, together hold 20 million cubic meters of water and will go offline in the coming days, and no water will remain in the dams of the eastern region for Tehran province.”
This board member of Iran’s Sustainable Water and Soil Association emphasized that officials must “sound the alarm” immediately and alert the public to water shortage problems through national broadcasting, cyberspace, and media outlets.
Water scarcity and drought crisis is one of humanity’s serious problems in the current century. In Iran, the alarm has been ringing for a long time. The death of Lake Urmia and the drying up of other rivers in Iran are examples of Iran’s water crisis.
Iran is a country that, given its location in arid and semi-arid regions, has insufficient rainfall and water resources, and excessive evaporation is another climatic problem in this country. To this must be added unsuccessful management of water resources and rampant dam construction in Iran.
Source: DW
