Water levels below 3% in dam reservoirs for Iran’s second city, say reports
Storage dwindles in Mashhad, home to 4 million people, as country struggles with droughtWater levels at the dam reservoirs supplying Iran’s north-eastern city of Mashhad have plunged below 3%, reports have said, as the country suffers from severe water shortages.“The water storage in...
<p>Storage dwindles in Mashhad, home to 4 million people, as country struggles with drought</p><p>Water levels at the dam reservoirs supplying Iran’s north-eastern city of Mashhad have plunged below 3%, reports have said, as the country suffers from severe water shortages.</p><p>“The water storage in Mashhad’s dams has now fallen to less than 3%,” Hossein Esmaeilian, the chief executive of the water company in Iran’s second largest city by population, told the ISNA news agency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/09/water-levels-below-3-percent-in-dam-reservoirs-for-iran-second-city-say-mashhad-reports">Continue reading...</a>
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