Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.5 / Trend F.Mehdi/
Iran is now self-sufficient by 95 per cent in meeting its water industry needs, IRIB quoted Deputy Energy Minister Alireza Daemi as saying.
We are currently importing just precision tools and all other necessary equipment is provided by capable Iranian manufacturers, he added.
Over 99 per cent of the urban population and 77 per cent of the rural population in Iran have been supplied with portable water, he noted.
First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi has said that Iran ranks first in the region and third in world in terms of the dam construction industry.
He added that currently contractors are building 135 new dams across the country and also doing several projects in other countries.
In July 2011, Iran celebrated self-sufficiency in dam construction by inaugurating the Karun-4 dam, the largest concrete one in Iran, which has been completely designed and constructed by domestic engineers.