TEHRAN – The Managing Director of Iran’s Water and Wastewater Company has said 81 percent of the equipment and items used in the water industry are made inside the country, IRNA reported.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 19th Iran International Exhibition of Water and Wastewater Exhibition in Tehran on Monday, Hashem Amini said: “Once, even the valves needed by the industry were supplied from abroad, but now, with the efforts of experts, 80 percent of the requirements are manufactured by domestic producers.”

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