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Category: Water and Sanitation, Drainage and Waste

Performance to
Category KPI Result SDG
Benchmark

Smart Water Meters 2.62 %

Water Supply ICT 92.20 %
Monitoring

Basic Water Supply 100.00 %

Potable Water Supply 100.00 %

Water Supply Loss 21.76 %

Wastewater Collection 79.67 %

Household Sanitation 100.00 %

Drainage/Storm Water 84.21 %
System ICT Monitoring

Solid Waste Collection 100.00 %

Wastewater and stormwater systems within Mashhad are monitored in-depth as is the delivery of
potable water and collection of waste.

However, the Islamic Republic of Iran as a country has been identified as having a high level of
water stress, so that the level of water loss within the distribution system is a concern and should
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be reviewed to see what steps can be taken to reduce this loss. Furthermore, the Mashhad plain
possesses only 2 per cent of the total province groundwater although 65.97 per cent of the urban
provincial population live there. Furthermore, 92.7 per cent of surface water comes from the Dousti
dam, which is located 220 km from Mashhad, and only 30 per cent of domestic sewage is recycled. 8

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