Urmia Lake
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May 13,2023To help transfer more reclaimed wastewater to Urmia Lake, the third phase of the sewage treatment plant in Urmia, West Azarbaijan Province, will become operational in June, director of the... -
April 14,2023Urmia Lake’s water level is currently 1,270 meters, down 49 centimeters compared to last year’s level, the head of Integrated Water Resources Management Department at the Energy Ministry said. “...
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February 12,2023Urmia Lake holds 1 billion cubic meters of water, which is 32 bcm lower compared to 1996 when it stored 33 bcm, an environment and water expert said. “The lake is in its most deplorable condition...
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December 24,2022The project to transfer water from Kanisib Dam to Urmia Lake via a tunnel is near completion and will be launched in February 2023. Costing more than $75 million, the project includes a 36-km...
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November 15,2022Amid the crushing disappointment of Lake Urmia’s gradual disappearance, a wastewater development project in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, is about to offer a ray of hope to revive the troubled...
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August 02,2022The first phase of a plan to transfer reclaimed sewage from Tabriz wastewater treatment plant to Urmia Lake has become operational, the governor general of East Azarbaijan Province said. “The...
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July 30,2022Cracks have appeared in a tunnel that was slated to transfer water from Kanisib Dam in Piranshahr, West Azarbaijan Province, to Urmia Lake, the head of Iran Water and Power Resources Development...
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July 12,2022The water transfer project from Kanisib Dam in Piranshahr, West Azarbaijan Province, is one of the measures to revive Urmia Lake, which will become operational in the coming months, deputy energy...
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June 29,2022Urmia Lake’s water level is currently 1,270 meters, down 53 centimeters compared to last year’s level, the head of Integrated Water Resources Management Department at the Energy Ministry said. “...
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May 30,2022Surveys conducted by foreign research centers in collaboration with domestic firms have shown that diverting water from the Caspian Sea in the north to Lake Urmia, Iran's largest salt lake in West...
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May 15,2022Transferring reclaimed wastewater to Urmia Lake is a practical solution without environmental costs, which can help revive the troubled inland water body, the head of West Azarbaijan Water and...
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March 15,2022Water from four dams in West Azarbaijan Province has been released to shore up Lake Urmia, the provincial Regional Water Company’s deputy of protection and operation said. “Based on the plan of...
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February 27,2022The annual water share of the troubled Lake Urmia is 3.4 billion cubic meters, but since the beginning of the current water year (started Sept. 23, 2021), it has received less than 600 million...
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December 01,2021The second phase of the wastewater treatment plant in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, will help raise the inflow of treated wastewater to the troubled Urmia Lake by 150%, director of the...
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October 02,2021The volume of water in Urmia Lake at the end of the previous water year (September 2020), according to the data released by the Iran Water Resources Management Company, has reached 2.73 billion...
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June 28,2021The water level of Urmia Lake is currently 1,271.16 meters, which is 60 centimeters lower than last year’s level, the head of Urmia Lake Catchment Area said. “The Energy Ministry had said the lake...
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June 13,2021The project to divert water from Zab River, along the distressed Urmia Lake in the northwest, is expected to come on stream in summer, the Urmia Lake Restoration Project manager and director of...
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May 21,2021Iran's once rich ecosystem has become a victim of ill-advised and harmful decisions in the past four decades and those in charge must be held accountable for the devastation of natural resources,...
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April 30,2021In an ongoing joint scientific study, hydrologists from Iran and the US have set new objectives to revive the troubled Urmia Lake straddling the provinces of East and West Azarbaijan -- one of the...
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April 17,2021The water level in Iran’s largest inland body of water (Lake Urmia) which was showed marked improvement in 2020, is falling, head of the Urmia Lake Restoration Project said. “The current slump in...
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March 12,2021With programs to revive Urmia Lake moving ahead, seven billion cubic meters of water from dams flowed into the world famous lake in the past decade and is increasing, head of Urmia Lake Restoration...
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November 16,2020The project to divert water from Zab River along the western borders to the distressed Lake Urmia in the northwest is almost complete and is expected to come on stream in December, director of the...
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October 09,2020Effective programs have been implemented to revive the troubled Urmia Lake and environment officials in East and West Azarbaijan province hope Iran’s largest inland body of water should reach its...
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September 15,2020Completion of the second phase of a wastewater treatment plant in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, will help supply four cubic meters of water per second to Lake Urmia or 125 million cubic meters...
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August 22,2020Construction of Nazlou Chay and Barandouz Chay dams in Urmia, West Azarbaijan Province, which was halted to stop the drying up of Lake Urmia, will restart soon reportedly after a direct order from...
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