983 Villages Gained Reliable Water Since the Start of 1405, at a Cost of 6,265 Billion Tomans, With 1,017 More Due by Year-End

Hashem Amini, chief executive of Iran's National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company, gave a progress report on Saturday, 17 October 2026, at the opening of rural water projects. He said that from the start of the Iranian year 1405 to 17 October, 983 villages received reliable water through 406 projects, benefiting 167,011 households, about 622,000 people. Capacity is 2,232 litres per second and spending to date is 6,265 billion tomans. The works include 1,937 km of transmission and distribution lines, 40,760 cubic metres of storage and 70 pumping stations.

Over the first three years of the Seventh Development Plan, 5,772 villages have been supplied against a five-year target of 10,000. Amini said 1,017 more villages are due by year-end. Of this year's 983 villages, 503 came through contractors and the companies' own current funds, 374 with the Imam Hassan Mojtaba headquarters and 106 with charitable donors. In the latest round, supply to 157 villages (117 in Lorestan, 40 in Zanjan) worth 879.6 billion tomans began. He added that only about 4 trillion tomans of the 38.5 trillion tomans budgeted for rural water supply in 1405 has been allocated so far.