“With water salinity levels going up in Bahmanshir and Arvand [rivers], it was decided that the entire water needed for Khorramshahr and Abadan be provided by the Ghadir project, and work is being done very fast, the Ghadir project will fully provide the water needed by Abadan and Khorramshahr by July 6, 2018 as scheduled, and water extraction from Arvand, Karoon and Bahmanshir will completely come to a halt; so, dear citizens shouldn’t worry about the drinking water both in terms of quantity and quality,” said the deputy governor of Khuzestan.