Water crisis in one third of Iran’s cities

Referring to the water crisis in Iran’s cities, the CEO of Iran’s Abfai Engineering Company said: So far, 29 sewage projects with a capacity of 584,000 cubic meters per day for a population of 3.7 million people have been put into operation. With the planning done and the gradual fruition of these projects, it is predicted that the benefit index of the country’s urban population from modern sewage services will increase to 56.64% at the end of 1403.

Hashem Amini stated that with the implementation of the Jihad water supply plan since the beginning of the 13th government, the water supply problems of 5,000 villages with a population of 2.66 million people, equivalent to 12% of the country’s rural population, have been solved, adding: Before the 13th government, 57% of the country’s villages were under tension. They were blue, which has decreased to 45% after the establishment of this government.

He continued: From the beginning of the new year, the implementation of Jihad water supply project will be carried out for 5 thousand villages with a population of more than 2 million people.

Amini, pointing out that from the beginning of the establishment of water and sewage companies until the end of 1401, the implementation of 146,570 kilometers of transmission lines, 21.6 million cubic meters of reservoirs, 8,630 pump stations and 169 treatment plants with a total capacity of 15.7 million cubic meters per day. has arrived, clarified: In the 13th government, up to 25 urban water supply projects with a capacity of 13.3 cubic meters per second have been established in the form of the construction of 9 water treatment plants with a capacity of 3.3 cubic meters per second and 220 kilometers of transmission lines for a population of 5.7 million people. So far, 14 water supply projects with a capacity of 8.4 cubic meters per second have been provided, and more than 3 million people have benefited from sustainable drinking water.