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4 Aug 2026, 14:33

Residents of several villages on Qeshm Island have been without access to piped water for about four months and have been forced to buy multi-million toman water tanks or rely on unreliable sources for their water needs.

According to a field report by Avash, one resident of the village of Tabal said: "The tap in our house hasn't been turned on for four months. Now we only live with tankers. I was able to pay three million tomans to buy water, but many villagers don't even have that much money."

After one of the desalination facilities was damaged during the recent attacks by the U.S. on southern Iran, the water supply situation in parts of the island has become severely critical. He stated that piped water has almost been cut off and the amount of water distributed by tankers does not meet the residents' needs.

These statements come as Abbas Aliabadi, the Minister of Energy, said on July 19, 2026, during a visit to Hormozgan, that all desalination plants in the region are operational and none of the country's islands are facing water shortages. He also mentioned that despite the damage to infrastructure in recent attacks, water and electricity services have remained stable and the situation has been managed.

Abdul Rahim Rezvani, the vice president of the Islamic Council of Central Qeshm, stated that residents of some villages have been waiting for over three months for water to be connected, and even then, they only have access to network water for a few days. According to Rezvani, the price of a four-thousand-liter water tanker has reached about one million and four hundred thousand tomans.

Meanwhile, one resident of Qeshm mentioned that some families who cannot afford to buy water are using wells for their daily needs, despite not being sure about the safety of the water. He quoted one of the locals as saying: "The water isn't clean; even animals die in it, but it's still fresh water. We don't use it for drinking, but for daily tasks, we have to bring this water home."
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