The Iranian government has asked people to limit water consumption related to serious heat and water crisis across the country. According to the national meteorological service, the country is going through the hottest week a year, in some areas, the temperature exceeds 50 degrees C.
In addition to extreme heat, a serious water crisis is observed in the country, writing The Guardian. In Iran, drought has been observed for five and five years, the rainfall is even less. The Abbas Aliabadi's Energy Minister announced last week that negotiations were being conducted on water import with Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Hundreds of dams in the country were built in the 1950s, but drought significantly reduced their performance. This, as well as problems with infrastructure and serious heat, has led to power outages throughout the country.
The Iranian Government Minister Fatima Mohajerani announced last week that the environment was announced by a day off in the Metropolitan area due to the heat that was ongo.
Regarding strong temperatures preserved and the need to save water and electricity, the environment … declared a day off in Tehran, she wrote on social networks.
A local resident, who was over 50 years old, told The Guardian that it was so hot in Tehran, and the sun was so strong that he could not walk under direct sunlight:
I feel that the skin starts to burn. My shirt is wet very quickly, and at this age, I like bathing twice a day in hot conditions. Thank God where I live, there is no crisis with water supply.
He added that in some areas of Tehran, the government has reduced the water supply to deal with the crisis.
I have heard from everyone that the termination of water supply has led to interruption in the supply of water, lasting at least 12 hours or more, he said.
According to the climate of Maximiliano Herrera, on weekends in the city of ShaBankareh southwest of Iran, the temperature of 52.8 ° C has been recorded, likely the highest temperature for the whole year (53 ° C in Kuwait has not been confirmed). Meteorologists from Martesk in the UK reported that on July 17, the temperature in the Abadan border city in the southwest of the country was 51.6 ° C and on Monday in neighboring AHVAZ, 50.3 ° C was recorded.
On Sunday in Tehran, there are 40 heat, and on Monday, the temperature increases to 41 degrees.
People are very worried about the emerging water crisis, because the reservoirs are exhausted, and the water level on Karaj dam, the water supply for Tehran, has reached the lowest level.
Human climate change creates each wave of heat in the world more intense and more likely. Some of them, such as extreme heat in Western Canada and the United States by 2021, is actually impossible without global warming.
Iranian President Masud Cyezeshkin issued a strong warning in the Meeting's Meeting on Sunday.
The water crisis is more serious than what we are discussed today, and if we do not perform emergency actions now, in the future, we will face a situation without any solution that will be found, Iranian President said, report of state media. In addition to managing and planning, we also need to deal with excessive consumption.