Drought, Low Precipitation Decrease Tehran Dam Levels

Due to consecutive years of drought and low precipitation in the last water year (ended Sept. 23, 2022), the province’s dire water situation is worrisome, managing director of Tehran Regional Water Company said.

“Tehran dams currently have about 421 million cubic meters of water, which shows a 20% decline compared to this time last year, when the figure was around 520 mcm,” the Energy Ministry’s news portal also quoted Behzad Parsa as saying.

“Energy Ministry data show 207 millimeters of rainfall were registered in the last water year [Sept. 2021-22], down 25% compared to the water year two years ago [Sept. 2020-2021],” he added.