The state-run ISNA news agency reported on Sunday, January four, quoting the director general of Iran’s Water Information and Data Office, that the country’s water resources remain in a fragile condition due to the continuation of multi-year droughts.
According to Firouz Ghasemzadeh, the recent rainfall has had only temporary effects and is not capable of compensating for the accumulated deficit caused by several consecutive years of drought in Iran.
According to this report, precipitation in the current water year has increased by 11% compared to the long-term average and by 76% compared to last year.
Nevertheless, the provinces of Tehran and Alborz have experienced the largest decline in rainfall, with a decrease of more than 70% compared to the long-term average.
The director general of the Water Information and Data Office stated that the provinces of Hormozgan, Kerman, South Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, and Fars—unlike Tehran and Alborz—have experienced increases of more than 50% compared to the long-term average.
Nevertheless, according to Firouz Ghasemzadeh, the reservoirs of dams in the provinces of Tehran, Isfahan, Razavi Khorasan, Qom, Zanjan, and Markazi are in unfavorable conditions, and the supply of drinking water in cities dependent on these sources faces limitations; therefore, water consumption management remains a serious necessity in the country.
