Overview
- Iran’s National Water and Wastewater Company says no official, scheduled rationing is in place, while confirming nightly pressure reductions as a management tool to curb leakage and refill reservoirs.
- President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that if no rain comes by the month of Azar, Tehran will face rationing and could even require evacuation, and he has floated relocating the capital to a water‑richer region.
- A senior water official reports that 19 major dams nationwide have run dry, and Tehran’s five drinking‑water reservoirs are at critical levels, with one holding below 8 percent capacity.
- Mashhad’s water company says its four supply dams are down to roughly 3 percent combined capacity, and the energy minister indicated flows may drop to zero on some nights to rebuild stocks.
- Fifteen provinces have recorded no rain since late September as six straight dry years intersect with decades of overuse and aging networks, with researchers estimating losses of about 16 cubic kilometers of water annually.