The Ministry of Energy's new plan to implement a crisis water tariff by charging the cost of supplying water from consumers above the model was not approved by the Cabinet for approval and notification and has been canceled for now.

Following the intensification of the water crisis this year, Tehran Oil Refining Company, by implementing one of its most important environmental projects, succeeded in reducing the capital's daily water consumption by 20,000 cubic meters.

Tehran Province's Water and Sanitation Authority has announced that the droughts of the last five years and the decrease in rainfall in Tehran Province in the current water year, which is unprecedented in the last 60 years, have severely affected Tehran's water resources.

Referring to the start of the flood and the arrival of sea water to Isfahan, the spokesperson for the country's water industry said: "The first phase of transferring water from the sea to Isfahan has been completed; in this phase, which has the potential to increase to 70 million cubic meters per year, 40 million cubic meters of water will be made available to industries."

An official said: "Based on available statistics and information, the total rainfall as of June 16 was 143 millimeters, which should have reached 239 millimeters, which represents a 40 percent decrease in rainfall."

The amount of water reserves in dams on the 10th of Khordad 1403 (1924) exceeded 35 billion cubic meters, which, when compared to the current volume of water reserves in dams, indicates a 24% decrease in the country's dam water reserves.

Emphasizing the need to take special measures to prevent over-abstraction and unauthorized extraction in authorized and unauthorized agricultural wells, the spokesperson for the country's water industry said: "In Table 7, Article 37 of the Seventh Development Plan, it is predicted that agricultural water consumption will reach 65 billion cubic meters and 15 billion cubic meters of imbalances will be eliminated."

A spokesperson for the country's water industry said: "We will not have water rationing next year because this will harm the welfare of our compatriots and water facilities, but we will implement strict consumption management."

The spokesperson for the country's water industry reported a 41 percent decrease in rainfall compared to the long-term average and a sharp drop in dam reserves in some areas, and warned of a water crisis in provinces with low rainfall.

The CEO of Tehran Province's Water and Wastewater Company called on citizens to reduce their consumption by 20%, given the 45% decrease in rainfall.