Yazd Water Problem Worsens

Underground water resources are depleting at unprecedented speed in Yazd Province, head of the provincial company said.
“Underground water level is falling by 45 centimeters per year,” Mohammad Mahdi Javadianzadeh was quoted as saying by the Energy Ministry’s news portal.
An estimated 4,000 legal water wells have been dug in the dry province in the last few years, exacerbating water crisis in most plains in the region, he noted.