Desalination Spreads as Water Stress Rises

Eight provinces in Iran will be provided seawater after desalination, the deputy minister for water and wastewater affairs at the Energy Ministry said. 
“The government has issued permits for Khorasan Razavi, South Khorasan, Sistan-Baluchestan, Kerman, Yazd, Hormozgan, Bushehr and Fars provinces to use 8.5 billion cubic meters of seawater,” them ministry’s news portal Paven quoted Qassem Taqizadeh Khamesi as saying.
After desalination, about 30% of the total water will be turned into fresh water and an estimated 3 billion cubic meters of fresh water will be available for the eight provinces, he said.