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In an interview with IRNA reporter on Monday, Kazem Jam added: 6% of this quantity of water is consumed within the service sector and 4% within the business sector.
He added: Within the final water yr, 994.5 million cubic meters of water have been harvested from floor and underground sources in Mashhad, of which 816 million cubic meters are associated to underground sources.
The primary member of the Strategic Public Relations Council of the nation’s water sector mentioned: the common water deficit of underground reservoirs in Mashhad is about 84 million cubic meters, and unauthorized withdrawals from underground and floor sources ought to be prevented.
Jam added: On this regard, the plan to steadiness and forestall unauthorized extraction of underground assets was placed on the agenda by Khorasan Razavi Regional Water Firm since 2013, and to date 5 thousand and 429 unauthorized wells have been blocked in Mashhad.
The variety of approved water wells in Razavi Khorasan is 16,629, of which 10,63 are agricultural wells.
Razavi Khorasan covers seven % of the nation, 76 % of which is dry and the remainder has a semi-arid local weather. There are 37 watersheds in Razavi Khorasan, which have suffered a extreme decline because of the extreme extraction of underground water sources, and 34 areas of 37 areas are in a prohibited and important prohibited state.
54% of Mashhad’s water is utilized in agriculture
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