Formation of Water Markets Can Help Address Paucity in Kerman

Although water transfer from the Persian Gulf to Sirjan in Kerman Province eased the water crisis in industries like Golgohar Mining and Industrial Complex, other parts of the region are still suffering from chronic shortage, the chairman of Majlis Economic Commission said.
“The formation of water markets to alleviate the paucity could be a new approach whereby buyers and sellers trade water through short- and long-term leases and permanent sale of water rights that can be within catchments,” Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi also told Mehr News Agency.
Several development projects in the province are on hold, as water tension in the dry area has aggravated over the last decade and many households have started to evacuate villages, he added.