Water Shortage Alarm Sounds for Winter / Key Capital Dams in Critical Condition

The latest figures show the country's dam reservoirs are 45 percent full, a situation that has heightened concerns about Tehran's water supply in the coming months, given the critical conditions at the Lar and Mamlou dams.

The latest statistics indicate that the country's dam reservoirs are 45% full; A situation that, considering the critical conditions of Lar and Mamlo dams, has increased concerns about Tehran's water supply in the coming months.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan, the investigation of the country's dams' filling situation until October 19 shows that the amount of dams' reservoirs has reached 45%; This means that 55% of the reservoir capacity of the country's dams is empty. The total volume of water entering the country's dam reservoirs in the current water year 1406-1405 has reached 820 million cubic meters. This amount in the same period of last year was 510 million cubic meters, which shows a 62% increase in the volume of water entering the dams.

The situation of Lar and Mamlo dam is critical

Ambassador Arjan wrote: The condition of Dosti and Targ dams in Razavi Khorasan, Panzde Khordad in Qomrud basin, Shamal and Nyan in Hormozgan, Barzo in North Khorasan, Saveh in Gilan, Lar and Mamlo in Tehran and Alborz are critical, also Azad, Ekbatan, Zirdan Jagin, Doiraj and Ilam dams are in a good condition in terms of filling volume and the filling level of some dams reaches about 100%.

Also, the height of the total rainfall in the country from October 1 to October 18, 1405 is equal to 4.2 mm. This amount of rainfall in similar long-term periods is 3.2 mm and the amount of rainfall of the last water year is 1.3 mm.