The government has allocated 400 billion rials ($3.4 million) to curb the growing air pollution and smog in the metropolis of Isfahan in central Iran, the head of Isfahan Disaster Management…
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry is ready to offer diplomatic aid to help efforts aimed at controlling climate change and addressing its security, economic and social impacts, a top Iranian diplomat said…
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Deep water wells in Zanjan Province are dragging the region into trouble of the kind that the region may soon be unable to supply enough water to farmers. Due to years of declining…
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Managing limited resources of water has long been a challenge not only to water users but also policymakers in most countries. Iran is no exception. Geological studies in Iran show that…
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The earth sinks in some plains in Tehran Province by about 0.5 to 1 millimeter every day, and conditions are more critical in Shahriar and Varamin counties in southwest and south Tehran,…
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Economic sanctions imposed by the US against Iran has hurt the water and wastewater industry, similar to many other sectors, participants in this year's International Water and Wastewater…
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The residents of Iranian capital breathed in more toxic particles in September, as air quality deteriorated slightly compared with the corresponding month of last year, data released by Tehran…
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Research conducted by Yazd University for the Majlis Research Center shows that climate change will convert semi-arid regions in the central plateau to arid zones and water shortages in both…
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To reduce demand for fresh water in Isfahan Province, an agreement was signed by the provincial Water Company and the provincial Engineering Council to build infrastructure for greywater…
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Air pollution annually costs Tehran residents $2.6 billion, an official with the Department of Environment says. According to Behzad Ashjaei, breathing toxic emissions costs people in Tehran $2…
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The results of a study conducted by Tehran Air Quality Control Company on gasoline and diesel quality shows both fuels sold in the capital in summer contained sulfur above acceptable…
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Rewriting rules on how much water can or should be allowed to different sectors can help reduce use and underpin security for consumers and the environment in the coming decades, says…
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The Interior Ministry has called for a national ban on dilapidated cars that contribute to the worsening air pollution in Iranian cities. The ministry has asked Iran Traffic Police to devise a…
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After two months of high-density pollutants stifling Tehran, August offered some solace and its residents once again could breathe more easily. Data released by Tehran Air Quality Control…
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After several months of breathing relatively clean air, Tehran’s residents experienced a harsh deterioration in air quality while temperature also rose in July. Data released by Tehran…
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Research projects to convert low-quality flared gas into electricity are producing the desired results, a senior consultant in the Energy Research Institute said Thursday.
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Over 28 million people in Iran (about a third of the population) are living in water-stressed regions. Although this is still a large number causing serious concern, it has decreased by nearly 6…
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Around 2.46 billion cubic meters of water has been released from dams in West Azarbaijan Province into Lake Urmia since the beginning of the current water year (last September), managing…
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So long as water is sold at the present low rates, building owners will see no need to install greywater treatment systems, director of the Consumption Management Office at the National Water…
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The Iranian capital city of Tehran, which has long been notorious for high levels of toxic emissions, is recently breathing ground-level ozone—an uncommon type of air pollution.
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After several consecutive months of air quality improvement, the skies of Tehran once again were tainted with pollution in June. According to data released by Tehran Air Quality Control…
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There are no plans to announce restrictions on water use this summer, head of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company said Wednesday. "The company has forecast water consumption…
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The gradual expansion of renewable energy since 2009 has allowed Iran to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 2.24 million tons. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is among the …
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Concentration of bad ozone as a known secondary air pollutant is gradually reaching critical levels in Tehran, director of Tehran's Air Quality Control Company was quoted as saying. "Bad ozone…
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An estimated 151,000 households in 818 small towns and villages on the outskirts of urban and rural areas in northern Gilan Province have been supplied with piped water since 2001,…
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