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ISFAHAN, July 2 Asia Pulse - The deputy governor general of Isfahan Province said that given the current rate of water consumption in the province, water reserves of the Zayandeh-Roud Dam will be depleted within two months.
Speaking at the provincial administrative meeting, Abdolhussein Seifollahi said that the dam has a reserve capacity of 456 million cubic meters of water.
He added that in return for the consumption of 35 cubic meters per second, only 25 cubic meters of water flows into the reservoir.
He said that social tension is increasing within the province due to the shortage of water for both drinking and industrial use.
He said shortage of water for the oil refinery and the power plant in Isfahan will cause power cut and scarcity of fuel in the province.
Also speaking at the meeting, the governor general of Isfahan, Jafar Mousavi, said that officials of the provincial water and sewerage department should provide provincial cities with drinking water through every possible means.
Stressing that the drinking water crisis is by no means acceptable, the governor general said people of Isfahan should not be sacrificed in such a crisis.
Source: HighBeam Research, IRANIAN DAM RESERVES TO BE DEPLETED IN TWO MONTHS TIME: OFFICIAL.