JAKARTA - The water level in the dams supplying water to the Iranian city of Mashhad has dropped drastically by around three percent. Iran is facing a drought.
"Water storage in Mashhad's dams has now dropped to less than 3 percent," said Hossein Esmaeilian, chief executive of the water company in Iran's second-largest city by population, on Sunday local time, as quoted by AFP.
He added, "The current situation shows that water management is no longer just a recommendation—it has become a necessity."
Mashhad, with a population of around 4 million, relies on four dams for its water supply.
Esmaeilian said the city's water consumption has reached around "8,000 liters per second, of which around 1,000 to 1,500 liters per second are supplied by these dams."
The water level in The dams came as authorities in
Earlier, the Iranian government warned over the weekend of possible rolling water cuts in areas of Mashhad.
Officials described the situation as the worst drought in decades.
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