Water Crisis in Iran
September 22, 2020 18:31
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September 22,2020On average 50 billion cubic meters of water is extracted from almost 500,000 authorized wells per year, resulting in huge water deficits in most plains, director of the National Water and... -
September 13,2020Since the beginning of the current water year last September the amount of water in dams around Tehran has plunged by 100 million cubic meters compared to the same period last year, head of... -
September 12,2020Despite the huge oil and gas resources in Asalouyeh County in Bushehr Province, local residents suffer from major problems, namely water shortages and air pollution. For years water in summer is... -
September 09,2020The first phase of a project to transfer water from the Persian Gulf to Kerman and Yazd provinces will be launched in October, thanks to the concerted efforts of private and state companies,... -
August 31,2020Underground water resources in the parched Isfahan Province are disappearing by 3.6 billion cubic meters per annum, head of the Water Conservation Department of the provincial water company said... -
August 26,2020Above-average rainfall in the last few years notwithstanding, water levels in underground tables have been falling due to overconsumption, a researcher at the Water Policy Research Institution said... -
August 23,2020Tehran Water and Wastewater Company, a subsidiary of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa), and state-owned Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization, aka... -
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... -
August 21,2020Hydropower production in Tehran Province is projected to decrease by 21% in the current fiscal that started in March compared to 2019, head of hydropower installations at the Tehran Regional... -
August 16,2020The Majlis Research Center, the research arm of the parliament, says how average amount of water used to produce metals, namely gold and copper, in Iran is five times above international norms.... -
August 14,2020President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday inaugurated water projects via video conference in western Kermanshah and Ilam provinces costing $150 million. "The government has drawn on the National... -
August 11,2020Large volumes of underground water that were supposed to be consumed over the next century have already been used in the last five decades, an environmentalist and head of the Environment... -
August 05,2020An estimated 90% of the renewable water resources in Markazi Province is consumed in the agriculture sector, managing director of Markazi Regional Water Company said. This is while, a large part... -
August 01,2020Since the beginning of the current water year (last September) Iran unlike previous years has been receiving its fair share of water from Hirmand (Helmand) River as per an agreement signed with... -
July 26,2020The first phase of a project to transfer water from the Persian Gulf to Kerman Province is completed and will be inaugurated soon, the provincial governor said. “The 300-km pipeline with seven... -
July 18,2020Agriculture accounts for 83% of the water used in the arid Yazd Province, head of the provincial water company said. “Water use in the agro sector is alarmingly inefficient as less than 40% is... -
July 14,2020Water shortage in Khoy County in West Azarbaijan Province has intensified with the depletion of groundwater aquifers, digging new wells and delays in building dams on rivers. Khoy is the second... -
July 13,2020A water pipeline from Mamlou Treatment Plant in Pakdasht County (35 km southeast of Tehran) to Pishva County (45 km southeast of Tehran) was launched on Monday, managing director of Tehran Province... -
July 12,2020Data released by the Drought Management Center at Iran's Meteorological Organization shows almost 80% of Isfahan Province is suffering from dry and disturbing conditions to varying degrees.... -
July 11,2020The fourth phase of Zahedan Water Desalination Plant in Sistan-Baluchestan Province will open soon, managing director of the provincial Water and Wastewater Company said. "Using reverse osmosis... -
July 08,2020As the water shortages worsen, 272 illegal water wells were sealed in the past three months in Tehran Province, the deputy for operations at the Tehran Regional Water Company said. “Due to the... -
July 06,2020Of the 6,500 qanats in Yazd Province 3,870 are no more usable, the provincial head of technical affairs department of the Agricultural Jihad Organization, affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture... -
July 05,2020Water consumption in Iran has increased by 11% since the beginning of the fiscal year (March 20) compared to the same period last year. Water stored in dams has decreased by 5% in comparison with... -
June 30,2020To reduce demand for fresh water in the arid province of Isfahan, an agreement was signed on Tuesday between the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa) and Isfahan Steel... -
June 29,2020Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company plans to build wastewater treatment plants in some districts, the managing director said. “A memorandum of understanding was signed with the Tehran...
