Minister Likens Water Misuse to a ‘Chronic Disease’

Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says enhancing water efficiency by 10% can go a long way in saving the rapidly shrinking precious resource.
“So long as old irrigation practices continue and farmers are not helped to access water conservation technologies, efforts to complete water transfer projects (from the Caspian Sea and Sea of Oman) will be an exercise in futility,” he said, IRNA reported.
Highlighting the scale and scope of the water crisis, the minister said present (high) consumption patterns are “like a chronic disease with irreparable costs and consequences in the long-term.” 
Continuing to produce more water will not solve the problem if consumption is not reduced, he stressed.