Goals and mission

The mission of this company is to help to promote the level of health and improve the citizens’ quality of life through fair, consistent and sustainable distribution of clean and healthy water and via collecting, refining, and safe disposal of wastewater in cities and villages of the province observing all the economic principles, ensuring protection of the environment, and using appropriate technologies. It also attempts to fulfill this mission by modernizing, establishing, and principled operating of the facilities in accordance with the needs of the cities and villages of the province and provide appropriate services to the subscribers.

Outlook and policies

Introduction and background

Like other desert settlers, who are far from water, the people in Yazd have been familiar with the technologies related to extracting and transferring water since aqueducts, as the antecedent to the water supply industry, have as old a history as Yazd. Besides the aqueducts, there have been references to cold water wells which have been dug for obtaining drinking water for the local people. These wells were equipped and dredged and their walls were rebuilt by local public institutions. On top of the wells, special buildings were established, which were called ‘well-house’ (Chahkhaneh). At the same time, water reservoirs and public drinking places (Saqakhaneh) were also common as the remains of these vital buildings can be seen all across the city of Yazd. With the increasing population, people started digging their own wells inside their houses, which were called ‘Chehel Gaz’ wells. Although these wells were not as deep and important as the cold water wells, they were more popular and were still being used a few decades ago. Using ‘Chehel Gaz’ wells in Yazd led to the creation of a profession called “water carrying” and some made money doing this job. With the advent of deep well and alternative energies technologies, people considered digging and using deep wells.

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The Water and Wastewater Company of Yazd Province (Private Joint Stock Company) was registered in the Companies and Industrial Ownership Registration Office based on the Law of Establishment of Water and Wastewater Companies approved on 1^st of October, 1991 under the code 2103. The company started its work in 1991 and 1993, when the properties, possessions, and facilities of urban water of 13 cities with 121621 subscribers were transferred from the Water Organization of Yazd and urban institutions related to water supply (municipalities) in the framework of the Law of Establishment of Water and Wastewater Companies and the Law of Trade. The main activities of the company based on its statute include making urban water distribution facilities and the facilities related to collecting, transferring, and refining wastewater and operation of these facilities in the legal scope of the cities of the province and investment in the institutions and research and educational activities related to execution of water supply and transfer projects approved by the Ministry of Energy. This company is exclusively responsible for operating drinking water facilities and is managed by the board of directors selected by the general assembly.

The number of cities within the scope of the activity of this company in 2020 was 13 with 431000 subscribers for water and 39163 subscribers for wastewater management, and the number of villages supported by the company included 538 with 17500 subscribers in the framework of self-governing units.