Iran’s water resources and electricity development company said Tuesday that the water detour project from the Talican Dam to Tehran would cost 70 trillion rials ($80 million), adding five cubic metres to the water supply provided to homes and businesses in the city.
The company said the first phase of the project will come online in late August and will help address the issue of water shortages in Tehran, news TV reported.
Hojattollah Mohagheg, contractor of the water conversion project, described it as one of the most complex schemes ever launched and completed by the Iranian Ministry of Energy.
Mohaghegh said that over the past few months, approximately 43,500 meters of 2,000 millimeter pipes have been fed to the project.
The project comes amid an increase in water demand in Tehran, a city with nearly 10 million people whose consumption reaches 4 million cubic meters per day.
Temperatures have recently reached over 40 degrees in many areas of Tehran, causing a significant increase in the demand for water for traditional evaporation coolers used by millions of households in the city.
Local water companies have also reduced the pressure on transmission pipes in several areas of the city so that water supply can be managed.
Iranian Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said last week that the amount of water in reservoirs around Tehran has declined by 50% compared to last summer, adding that this is a result of a 41% reduction in precipitation over wet months.
MNA/