Wastewater network reaches 9m connections, covers 56% of population: Official
Iran's wastewater connections have reached nearly 9 million and the network's length has expanded to 75,000 kilometers, a senior official from the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company said at the 18th national conference on wastewater operations in southern port of Bushehr, according to ISNA.
"Currently 41 million people are covered by the wastewater network, meaning nearly 56% of the country's population falls under this network's coverage," said Morteza Ehteshami, Director General of the Wastewater Operation Supervision Department at the company.
"Currently, 278 urban wastewater treatment plants and 44 rural treatment plants are active across the country," he added.
"Over six million cubic meters of wastewater are collected daily in more than 300 cities covered by the wastewater system," he said. "The country's current effluent production volume stands at 1.8 billion cubic meters."
"For better maintenance of the wastewater network, dredging, videometry and network washing have been placed among the strategic priorities of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company, and companies must improve their performance to reach the predetermined percentages in relevant indicators," Ehteshami said.
"The largest volume of produced effluent is used in agriculture, with a small portion allocated to industry, and companies are required to increase the industrial usage share," he added.