Responding to the claim that dams are not empty and the end of Tehran’s water reserves until late summer – | Iranian and world news

According to Mehr correspondent, Dr. Banafsheh Zahraie said that the root of water stress in the country goes back to four factors, saying that one is the quality and quantity of water resources because of the phenomenon of global warming and climate change and droughts. We also failed to adjust the growth of cities according to natural resources.

Referring to the development of Tehran and the tower in the city, he said: “Even the development of Tehran city has been in many respects. When resources are declining and the population’s water need has increased, it is natural that the stresses are to the extent that it cannot be managed.

He said that the term “blue tension” was years ago, he said: “We crossed the water stress stage and now we have reached the water crisis.”

“It is a critical management action that we put inside that requires immediate action in a short time,” the University of Tehran said about the solutions. Another part of the measures is that if we encountered such shortcomings in the following years, the severity of the crisis would be less.

The growth of Tehran in different dimensions; One of the defendants of the water crisis

“One of the measures to be taken was that we were preventing the horizontal growth of the city,” Zahraie said of the policy making. We should not allow the city to grow so much. At the same time as we are in crisis, construction workshops are still active in District 2 and west of Tehran.

He added: “The area is very poor in terms of water resources and we now see how many new cities and new settlements with a very high population density have been created around Tehran.” The authorities who made such plans were expected to get the water needed for this population? The most problem is now in Tehran’s water supply in west Tehran and this is due to Tehran’s overwhelming development.

Tehran’s green space is not commensurate with dehydration

The Tehran University Professor continued: Tehran’s green space is not commensurate with Tehran’s dehydration. This does not mean that we should not have green space in the city. We have a clean air law in the country and the municipality is obliged to increase the level of green space, but how much we have worked on the plant species used for green space species that require little water. Instead of using the grass that is proportional to the European climate. Or we don’t even use low -water grass. We did not modernize the irrigation system of the green space, and most areas use spray, traditional and manual irrigation. We could have taken steps in these areas to reduce water stress.

Zahrai, referring to the lack of standard building valves, said: “We could compulsory the National Building Regulations that observed the standards of water and water spreading valves, and at least we were assured of the evacuation standards, but we did not take any of these measures and allowed the numerous water cooler to be installed in the country. Grow a variety of vertical and horizontal. Why do we expect not to face problems?

“We are like someone whose home has set fire,” the professor of Tehran University said about the measures that need to be taken in the short term. There is no opportunity to deal with the causes of fire and so on now. We have to put the blue glass we have on the fire. It is not time to talk about how much agriculture consumes Iran’s water or our water is desirable. These topics have already been raised and there was no hearing ear. What we have to do now is to remove unnecessary water use in Tehran. At the best possible savings, we can provide accurate, transparent and contradictory information, and explain how people participate. This does not mean that people are responsible for this crisis.

Agriculture really consumes 5 % of Iran’s water?

“Everyone says that 5 % of water is consumed in the agricultural sector,” he said. Agriculture is water consumer and there is no doubt. But 5 % of water in the agricultural sector is not “consumption”; Rather, 5 to 5 percent of water resources are harvested by the agricultural sector. In traditional farming where much of the water is released into the land, a significant portion of the water penetrates into the soil or returns to the river through drainage and this water is not consumed. Water consumed is water that evaporates and is out of reach. So agricultural consumption is much less, but agriculture is still the first consumer of water resources.

Zahraiei, referring to agriculture as a food security supplier, said: “Agriculture is consumed by us, and if we citizens want to contribute to reducing agricultural water consumption, we should not waste food in food products.”

Even if Iranian agriculture is closed, Tehran’s water problem will not be resolved

He emphasized that the water supply system of many major cities, such as Tehran, is completely separate from the agricultural water system. Even if Iranian agriculture is closed, the problem of Tehran’s water will not change.

According to this university professor; From today to mid -autumn, when the fall of the fall and the dams re -lived, we have a limited source of water for Tehran’s water, and the consumer of this water is only ourselves and we have to save to reach the water resources of the next year and not cut water.

Zahrai said of the contradictory statistics of water coolers consumption: “Each air conditioner consumes as much water as a consumed person.” You should not expect the coolers to be turned off in this heat, but be careful about the technical defects of the coolers.

Answer to claim the dams is not empty

Regarding the claim that some of the dams were not empty, he said: “We are in the fifth year of drought in Tehran province and after 5 years of drought this year’s rainfall has been half a long -term rainfall. So our dams were inappropriate for years, but this year the dams have between 2 and 5 percent less water than in the same time last year. It appears that the water of Karaj and Latian Dam appears to be suitable, but the volume of these dams is limited to the greatness of Tehran’s water consumption.

The university professor continued: If the Latian Dam is full and in a fantasy scenario it wants to supply the daily use of Tehran only, it will not last more than 2-5 days. The rest of the dams are the same. For this reason, the dams not only supply half of Tehran’s water in the years when we were drought, but also in normal years. This year only 5 % of Tehran’s water comes from dams. So they should not expect to see an empty dam. If you saw the dam empty one day, do not return to Tehran, because Tehran is no longer residential that day!

If saved is not saved, water reserves may be finished by mid -summer

He noted: The effort that the water and sewage company and the regional water company are making is to be able to reserve the dams in mid -autumn so that we will not get water before the next water rains come. If citizens do not participate and do not reduce their consumption by between 2 % and 5 %, it is very likely that the water storage of dams and water supplied from the wells will not reach mid -autumn.

According to the head of the Tehran Institute of Water, the University of Tehran; There is a limited storage in the dams and this reserves must be managed so that these reserves reach the midst of October and November. If management is not done and citizens are not saved, it is likely that we will lose water reserves late summer. If savings are realized, we can hope to reach mid -autumn without water.

Government’s actions to supply more water resources for Tehran

Zahraiei, referring to the government’s measures to provide more water resources for Tehran, said: “There have been many efforts in the government to provide more water resources for Tehran.” The second water transmission line from the Taleghan Dam is underway, which we hope will quickly enter the circuit. To perform part of the water supplied to the city of Karaj through the second water transmission line, and the first water transmission line uses Taleghan Dam only for Tehran. This can increase water resources to some extent.

He added: “Some new wells have unfortunately drilled on the sick and fertile aquifer of Tehran and are hoping to increase groundwater water to the Tehran water network.”

“These are solutions to pass this summer, but the other coins are to use more water than the share of the future,” said a professor at the University of Tehran. We are not thinking of subsidence, thinking of the damage to Tehran’s infrastructure and the decline of Tehran’s water quality. The second water transmission line from the Taleghan Dam is also the export of Tehran’s water consumption to Qazvin and Alborz province.

“The reason for our opposition is to export water tension to another area without having a specific solution to the origin,” he said.

What are the problems with providing new water resources for Tehran?

Zahraiei, referring to the extensive subsidence of Qazvin Plain and the severe density of Alborz province, said: Many settlements around Alborz and Tehran have been facing water problems in the summer for years and tanker water supply has been done. This area is a problem, and every water transfer creates more problems in that area to reduce Tehran’s problems. However, thank God that the government has not listened to us and this pipeline can give Tehran a better chance of spending this era.

The water crisis today is caused by drought, not managerial short

The university professor emphasized: The water crisis that we experience in Tehran today is only due to drought and low rainfall and is not due to any management and sovereignty. In many of the major cities of the world in the dry years and conditions we have experienced over the past few years, such an atmosphere is happening, where the system of governance urge people to reduce and consume less water management.

He continued: “I beg not to take the finger at anyone. The rain had to be throwing and not. We citizens should now do nothing except to save a little water consumption. You don’t have to work much, and if we save 2 to 5 percent, we can pass through summer.

According to Zahra’i; The statistics recorded by the Water and Wastewater Company this week show that people have started participation and that water consumption has been reduced but is still not enough.

The cloud fertilization is ongoing

He said about the possibility of cloud fertilization: This has been the case in Iran for many years and various centers have been involved in this activity and the cloud fertility activities are ongoing with all sorts of technologies.