Persian Gulf Water for 5 Provinces: Minister

The second phase of a project to transfer water from the Persian Gulf to Kerman Province will be launched later this month and by the end of 2021 seawater is planned to reach Yazd, Isfahan, South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi provinces, the minister of industries, mining and trade said.
In the first phase, which came on stream last November, 330 kilometers of pipelines were laid to carry 180 million cubic meters of desalinated water from Bandar Abbas Desalination Plant in southern Hormozgan Province to Gol-Gohar Mining and Industrial Complex in Sirjan County, Kerman, a year.
“The second phase will transfer water to the giant Sarcheshmeh Copper Mine in Rafsanjan County via a 150-km pipeline and then to copper mines in Shahr-e-Babak County through a 75-km pipeline,” ISNA quoted Alireza Razm-Hosseini as saying.
Each year 6 billion cubic meters of water is withdrawn from the drought-stricken province’s aquifers, of which 95%, 2% and 3% are respectively used for farming, industries and households.