Neglect not Drought Created Iran’s Water Crisis

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BY REZA TAGHIZADEH

Water shortage has become a serious crisis in the Islamic Republic in recent years.

The total volume of the water in Tehran province's Lar reservoir dam with total capacity over 960 million cubic meters currently stands at 30 million cubic meters, of that amount only 18 million cubic meters can be used.

Lar is one of the five reservoirs that supply the capital city of Tehran with water. About 35 percent of the total water consumed in the capital comes from the Lar reservoir.

The Latian reservoir, another of Tehran ’s water reservoirs is completely dried up and the capital’s residents are faced with water shortage.

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