Iran's Dam Water Reserves Up 37 Percent Year on Year in Midsummer

According to Tasnim news agency, carried by Donya-e-Eqtesad, Iran's dam water reserves reached 30.09 billion cubic meters on Friday, August 7, 2026 (16 Mordad 1405), equal to 58 percent of the country's total reservoir capacity, with 42 percent of that capacity still empty. The figure is up 37 percent from the 21.94 billion cubic meters recorded on the same date a year earlier in the water year (10 Mordad 1404).

The report said that over the first 313 days of the current water year (from September 23, 2025 to August 1, 2026), a total of 45.92 billion cubic meters of water flowed into the country's dams, up 72 percent from 26.66 billion cubic meters in the same period of the previous water year. Over the same period, 34.56 billion cubic meters of water were released from dams for drinking water, agriculture, industry, hydropower generation and environmental needs, up 19 percent from 29.16 billion cubic meters released in the same period a year earlier.