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A new report released shows that Iran will open 10 new dams with a capacity of nearly quarter a billion cubic meters of water until March amid increased precipitation this year that has prompted plans for more dam projects across the country.
The report said that the planned dams would provide more than 41 million cubic meters of clean water for 1.6 million people in nine Iranian cities.
It said. however. that the dams would mostly cover the irrigation needs in six Iranian provinces through supplying nearly 700 million cubic meters of water to the farms. The report said that around eight million cubic meters of the capacity of the dams will go to the industries.
The projects come amid an increased precipitation in Iran this year. Floods swept through various areas in North. West and Southwest of Iran in late March and in April. forcing some unprecedented waves of evacuations.
The floods prompted calls on the government to revive some of its stalled dam construction projects to restrict the flow of water from rivers.
Local news agencies reported on Sunday that water flowing into dams across the country since late September. when the current Iranian water year started. had increased by 87 percent compared to the similar period last year to reach 2 billion cubic meters.
The reports said a surge in precipitation over the past few days had caused the water in dams to increase by nearly 40 percent. adding that 16 out of 172 dams across Iran. which can hold a maximum of 50 billion cubic meters of water. had become nearly full as a result of new wave of rainfall.
Former Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said in 2015 that Iran is now known as a major dam constructor in the world and is running large projects abroad.
Today our industrialists are working in different countries and they are in charge of major (industrial) projects. Chitchian said. addressing an opening ceremony held for Ivshan reservoir dam in the city of Khorramabad. Western Iran.
The Iranian energy minister underlined that the world`s biggest dam projects were implemented by Iranian engineers then.
Chitchian also informed that two dams would be inaugurated in the Western Lorestan province during the 10-Day Dawn (marking the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran).
Late in January. it was announced that an Iranian firm would provide engineering consultancy services for the construction of a major dam on the Rufiji River in Tanzania. where the $3 billion project is expected to create the largest reservoir in East Africa and double the electricity supply of the country.
Mahab Ghodss. a leading engineering consulting company in Iran. won an international tender to help construct a dam and a hydroelectric power plant in Tanzania.
According to Paven. the Energy Ministry news portal. the Iranian company would provide consulting services for the Egyptian contractor of the project. El Sewedy Electric Company.
The Iranian firm won the bid in a tough competition with foreign rivals like Italy`s Electroconsult and Australia`s professional services engineering company. SMEC.
