EghtesadOnline: With completion of the first phase of the Zanjan Wastewater Treatment Plant, it now covers over 220,000 people in the northwestern city.

EghtesadOnline: Only a fraction of treated wastewater produced in Khomein County’s Wastewater Treatment Plant in Markazi Province is used in industries and the rest is dumped into rivers, managing director of the provincial Water and Wastewater Company said.

EghtesadOnline: Wastewater treatment and use of recycled water in the agricultural and industrial sectors can help tackle the worsening water crisis in drought-stricken South Khorasan Province, head of the provincial water company said.