Iran Water Crisis a Manmade Disaster

As long as old paradigms like allocating diminishing groundwater resources to water-intensive steel mills and thermal power plants in the middle of the desert are not replaced with new and workable methods like integrated water resource management and spatial planning, the shortage of this vital resource will get worse before getting better, a board member of the privately-owned Iran Water Industry Federation said.
"The current manmade disaster in Iran has evolved over time and solely due to mismanagement and absence of long-term planning," Reza Hajikarim was also quoted as saying by ILNA.
While the drought has created a challenging environment, the reasons for Iran's water crisis go deeper.