Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 23
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
The total volume of the water in Iranian Tehran province's five reservoirs dam currently stand at 372 million cubic meters which indicates a decrease of 14.7 percent compared to the same period of last year, Iran's Fars news agency reported Dec. 23.
The dam reservoirs' input during the current crop year (started in September 22) has reached some 129 million cubic meters in total, 13 percent less year on year.
For the time being, water reserves of Taleghan dam stands at 148 million cubic meters, followed by Mamlou(102 million cubic meters), Karaj (78 million cubic meters), latyan(30 million cubic meters) and Lar (15 million cubic meters).
The Islamic Republic is located in an arid zone and the country faces a serious water shortage crisis. However, many experts believe that the current water shortage problem is a result of water resources mismanagement, rather than the drought.
Iran's total annual water consumption is approximately 93 billion cubic meters, out of which about 92 percent is used in agriculture (86 billion cubic meters), 6.6 percent in municipality (6.18 billion cubic meters), and 1.2 percent in industry (1.12 billion cubic meters), according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Up to 70 percent of water used in the agriculture sector is being wasted, Iranian officials say.
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