Today, the most rainy provinces of the country are Alborz, Hormozgan and Kerman

Issa Bozorgzadeh, Director General of Water Resources Planning Office and Budget Consolidation of Iran Water Resources Management Company and Spokesperson Water industry In the 7th meeting, regarding the state of recent rainfall in the country, he stated: The total height of rainfall from the beginning of the water year to 27 November is equal to 20.8 mm, which is 26.7 percent compared to the same period of the last water year. , shows a decrease of 22.

He stated: Since the beginning of the water year, the provinces of Zanjan, Qazvin and Lorestan have been the least rainy provinces in the country, and the three provinces of Alborz, Hormozgan and Kerman have recorded the most rainfall. It should be noted that the main rains occur in winter and spring, and the share of autumn rains in the country is mostly very small.

Director General of Water Resources Planning Office and Budget Consolidation of the Management Company Iran’s water resources He added: The input of the country’s dams this year is equal to 2.47 billion cubic meters, which was equal to 2.4 billion cubic meters on November 28 of last year and shows a three percent improvement.

Bozorzadeh also said about the output of the country’s dams: the output of the country’s surface this year is equal to 4.56 billion cubic meters, which was 3.5 billion cubic meters in the same period last year, and indicates a 22% increase in the water output of the dams. .

Referring to the current volume of reservoirs in the country’s dams, he noted: the current stock of the country’s dams is 19.62 billion cubic meters, which was 18.02 billion cubic meters in the same period last year, which shows a 9% increase compared to last year. We are in a better situation; Therefore, the percentage of fullness of the tanks is 40% at the moment.

The spokesperson of the water industry continued: If we consider all the dams of Lake Urmia as one dam, the reservoir of these dams is about 300 million cubic meters, the percentage of which is filled is 24%, and this amount shows minus 11% compared to the previous year. Therefore, Lake Urmia and its dams are still not in a good condition.

Referring to the condition of the dams in Zayandeh Rood region, he added: We are witnessing a better situation in Zayandeh Rood than last year. So that 347 million cubic meters is the reservoir of this dam and we see a 134% improvement, which can be good news for the compatriots in Isfahan province.

Bozorzadeh said: In the Zayandeh Rood Dam, the release was done according to the plan and the correct action of the Ministry of Energy has made Zayandeh Rood to be in a better condition in the last year.

Referring to the dams of Tehran province, the spokesperson of the country’s water industry added: The situation of Tehran’s five dams this year is the same as last year, although the dams in the east of Tehran are about 30 million cubic meters behind compared to the west.

Referring to Dosti Dam in Razavi Khorasan, he also noted: This dam is not in a good condition and its inflow is less every year compared to last year, and for this reason, Mashhad’s water supply is one of the emergency plans of the Ministry of Energy.

The spokesperson of the water industry added: Among the provinces of interest in emergency plans for drinking water supply are Tehran, Razavi Khorasan, Golestan and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces, which are continuously monitored and these provinces have a special situation for drinking water supply.

The spokesperson of the country’s water industry, Bozorzadeh, stated: Due to the amount of loading on surface and underground resources, which is twice the global standards, there is no water for allocation, so the 13th government is following the idea of ​​water reallocation.

He added: In this regard, based on the water road map, we should redistribute the country’s water basket, including surface water sources, underground water sources, and unconventional waters such as sewage and sea water among different consumers.

The spokesperson of the country’s water industry pointed out: drinking water and sanitation are the first priority to provide among the various water uses of the country, and in addition, we must also provide the water needed by the environment, industry, services and agriculture.

By stating that the imbalance between the amount of water consumption and the provision of water resources causes imbalance, Bozorgzadeh said: This imbalance causes the instability of the ecosystem and the ecosystem, of which the occurrence of subsidence is one of the examples.

Regarding the guarantee of implementation of the water roadmap in the industrial sector, he said: The industrial sector is an important consumer of water. In the water road map of the country, water is divided into two parts. Water in order to meet basic needs, which is called “water with social function” and includes the drinking, health and environmental sectors, and water with economic function, which in this sector should be used where it contributes the most to capital production and job creation. for Iranian society. In this direction, the main work is legal institution building and the next step is its implementation.

Bozorgzadeh clarified: We supported the projects of the sea and the collection and treatment of wastewater and other unconventional water sources in unconventional waters, and in the annual budget bills, we also provided an article that wastewater projects should be implemented through investment by the private sector.

He stated that the re-allocation notification has been given to nearly a thousand water-intensive industrial units in the whole country with a volume of 810 million cubic meters per year, and these industrial units include large water-intensive and profitable industrial units, whose cost of water supply in their industrial production portfolio is very small. Is.

By stating that the drinking, food and pharmaceutical industries do not include unconventional water re-allocation, Bozorgzadeh said: these industries use healthy urban water.

He added: Some Shariah, customary, and sanitary considerations have caused us to limit the use of wastewater in some sectors, and we also considered economic considerations in this sector. For this reason, industries such as textile and clothing are separated from other industries and we made exceptions for these cases. Also, small and medium industries have been supported in this plan.

The spokesperson of the country’s water industry said: This law is included in the 7th development plan, and the action, which was only in words for the past 50 years, has now reached the operational stage.