Water Shortage Likely to Limit Habitability in Iran: ICCIMA

Water shortage is definitely Iran’s number one challenge and some parts of the country will face limited habitability unless adaptability measures are implemented without delay, the head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture said.
“Water security, a silent but growing danger, is very likely to create uninhabitable living conditions in certain regions as suggested by the studies of international organizations such as the United Nations,” Gholamhossein Shafei was also quoted as saying by the Energy Ministry’s news portal.
Resilient adaptation measures and sustainable water resource management practices are needed to protect not only the people, but also cities from the looming manmade disaster. We may have less than 10 years to redress the deplorable situation,” he said.
According to the official, tapping into unconventional water resources, including treated wastewater, in the water-intensive agro sector is among alternative solutions that have been repeated again and again by ICCIMA. Nonetheless, over the past few decades, across a variety of administrations, less attention has been paid to water security.