Water storage in the dams of the Tehran Province has declined more than 22 percent in the current water year (started in September 2021) compared to the previous year, an official with the dam sector said. According to Hassan Tabarsi, currently, 301 million cubic meters (mcm) of water is stored behind the five dams supplying water to the capital,...

Water management authorities in the Iranian capital Tehran say water storage in reservoirs feeding the city has declined drastically in the water year starting late September. Mohammad Shahriari, a senior official from Tehran Regional Water Company, said on Sunday that water supply to five reservoirs of the city had declined 30% year on year in ...

Iran plans to launch 45 new dams until 2025 as authorities warn that water shortage could threaten tens of millions of people across the country. A Wednesday report by the official IRNA news agency showed that the new dams will expand the storage capacity of reservoirs in Iran by around 10 billion cubic meters. Irans current water storage capacity ...

Financial Tribune - Since last September, the volume of water flowing into the dams reached 49 billion cubic meters, down 38% compared to 79 bcm last year Average precipitation since the beginning of the current water year (Sept 23, 2019) until June 14, shows a 27-millimeter, or 8%, decline compared to the same period last year. Rainfall in 265 ...

Financial Tribune - Higher precipitation in recent weeks has filled 70% of the capacity of dams in Iran, the Energy Minister said. Dams collectively can hold over 50 billion cubic meters of water. Now 35 bcm is stored behind dams, Mehr News Agency reported Reza Ardakanian as saying. "Since the beginning of the current water year (Sept 2019), ...

Financial Tribune - Heavy rainfall since the beginning of the current water year last September and especially in the past several days has increased the volume of water stored in dams. According to news data from the Iran Water Resources Management Company, 262.6 millimeters of rainfall was recorded in the 7-month period, 29% over and above the ...

Financial Tribune - Deluge in the past few days in southern and southeastern Iran has inflicted damages on cities, villages and roads and endangered lives. But at the same time it has helped fill dams that saw little water in years. There are 30 dams in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, with a capacity of around 2 billion cubic meters, of which 64% is ...

Financial Tribune - Since the beginning of the current water year (September 23) up until November 22, more than 42 millimeters of rainfall was registered across Iran, a 23% increase compared to the average in the past half decade. Higher precipitation has increased the amount of water flowing into dams. Over 3.680 billion cubic meters entered reservoirs ...

Financial Tribune - Storage capacity of dams in Khuzestan, Kohkilouyeh-Boyer-Ahmad and Bushehr have been maintained at secure levels to help control possible flooding as autumn rains are reported in many parts of the country Dams in the southwestern and southern regions are ready to control possible floods forecast for the weekend. According ...

Tehran Times - Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said 10 major dams are going to be inaugurated in nine provinces across the country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 19, 2020). As reported by Tasnim news agency on Sunday, Ardakanian noted that with these dams starting operation, over 26,000 hectares of land will be supplied ...

Financial Tribune - The amount of water stored in dams has dwindled by 9% between May 22 and June 22. Dams across the country held 40.6 billion cubic meters of water in May, but the level fell to 37.3 bcm in June, down 9%. Dams were 82% full in May but now are 75% full. In 2018 the storage level was 45%. Since the beginning of the current ...

MNA Exceptional rainfalls in the past two months across Iran have raised the water levels in the countrys dams, and 82% of the dams are now full. According to the data from Iran Water Resources Management Company, since the beginning of the current water year (September 23, 2018) to date, the country has received close to 330 milliliters of rainfall....

Tasnim Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian highlighted the Islamic Republics infrastructure achievements in dam construction said by the next two years, the capacity of the countrys dams will increase by 2.8 billion cubic meters. Speaking to Tasnim, Ardakanian said the number of the countrys dams has increased ninefold since the 1979 Islamic ...

Financial Tribune - According to data by the Energy Ministry, 319.3 millimeters of rain fell in seven months, 128% over and above the same period last year and 45% more than the average in the past half century. Since the beginning of the current water year last September, the volume of water flowing into the country's dams has reached 64.08 billion ...

Financial Tribune - Unprecedented rainfall in the past three weeks across the country has raised water levels in dams and 70% of the dams are now full, the energy minister said. The 2017-18 water year was the driest in the past half century. But since the beginning of the new water year (last September) to date, precipitation has been 50% over and ...