Iran (IMNA) - Rama Habibi, head of production operations at the Tehran Regional Water Company, said the province has endured its fifth consecutive dry spell in the water year ending in September, describing the situation as “unprecedented” over the past 60 years.
“In the past six decades, we have not seen such low autumn rainfall in Tehran,” Habibi told Tasnim news agency, warning that the lack of precipitation has sharply reduced storage levels in the five major dams supplying the city.
According to Habibi, the combined water volume in the dams stood at just 205 million cubic meters (mcm) as of November 3, less than half the 426 mcm recorded on the same date last year.
The announcement came as President Masoud Pezeshkian inaugurated a new $80 million water transfer project via video link on Monday. The initiative, which channels water from a dam located over 140 kilometers northwest of Tehran, is expected to deliver an additional 5 cubic meters per second to the city’s supply network.
Officials say the project aims to alleviate mounting pressure on Tehran’s water system, strained by record-high consumption levels that reached nearly 4 mcm per day in late July. In response, authorities reduced water pressure in several neighborhoods and introduced measures to curb demand, including temporary holidays and restrictions on swimming pool use.
With a population approaching 10 million, Tehran’s worsening water crisis underscores growing concerns about long-term drought and resource management across Iran’s urban centers.
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