Water Crisis in Iran
May 18, 2019 18:05
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May 18,2019An estimated one million cubic meters of wastewater was transferred from the South Tehran Wastewater Treatment Complex to Tehran Oil Refinery in the last eight months, deputy operations manager at... -
May 14,2019Tehran wastewater network development is making reasonable progress (77%) and is planned to be launched by 2021, the technical and engineering deputy manager of the National Water and Wastewater... -
May 12,2019An estimated 2.7 billion cubic meters of water has been released from dams in West Azarbaijan Province, namely Boukan Dam into Urmia Lake since the beginning of the current water year (September),... -
May 01,2019President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday inaugurated water projects in western Kermanshah Province completed at a total cost of $285 million. "The government has tapped into the National... -
April 30,2019Raising water tariffs will not necessarily lead to lower consumption, but can help if applied in tandem with other management measures, a water expert said. “Higher tariffs will result in filling... -
April 17,2019Mobarakeh Steel Company -- Iran's biggest steelmaker in Isfahan Province -- has significantly reduced water consumption over the past 25 years, managing director of the complex said. "MSC consumed... -
April 12,2019Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said Wednesday 2,000 villages on the outskirts of urban and rural areas will be provided with potable water by the end of the current fiscal (started March 21). "... -
April 09,2019Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said dams played a key role in mitigating damage during the recent flooding in the western and southern regions. A staunch advocate of dams, Ardakanian added, "... -
April 06,2019Rainfall in the past two weeks recharged 40 wetlands, the energy minister said at the weekend. “After a decade plus of drought, Iranian wetlands have seen large amount of water inflow thanks to... -
April 05,2019Unprecedented rainfall in the past three weeks across the country has raised water levels in dams and 70% of the dams are now full, the energy minister said. “The 2017-18 water year was the driest... -
March 16,2019Total precipitation since Sept. 23, when the current water year started, shows a 122% rise compared to the corresponding period last year, reducing to some extent the huge water deficit throughout... -
March 17,2019Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian on Sunday broke ground for three desalination units in Bushehr Province off the Persian Gulf as part of plans to provide the southern province with potable water. "... -
March 16,2019The government and Majlis have completed feasibility studies on a project to transfer water from the Oman Sea to five provinces, a member of Majlis Urban Affairs Commission said. According to... -
March 10,2019Operations to transfer wastewater from Zarrin-Shahr in Isfahan Province to Esfahan Steel Company has started, managing director of the third-largest steelmaker metal said. "A 5 kilometer pipeline... -
March 05,2019Transferring water from the Caspian Sea in the north to the drought-hit central plateau will have severe negative environmental effects, a former member of the World Water Council said. The plan... -
March 04,2019The water crisis in Iran is a serious concern and neglecting the issue will have irreversible consequences, said the head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture in Tehran,... -
March 02,2019Groundwater reserves are being depleted at an alarming rate because of poor management and excessive consumption in the agricultural sector. Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati says “Regarding... -
February 23,2019Projects to supply potable water to rural areas in Kerman Province were inaugurated at the weekend in the presence of the energy minister. Eight water supply units, built at a cost of $2.2 million... -
February 15,2019Difference in the volume of rain falling in the west and east has reached over 1,000 millimeters. According to Energy Ministry, rainfall surpassed 152mm since the beginning of the current water... -
February 04,2019Deep-sea explorations, curbing evaporation and transferring (desalination) water from the Oman Sea to Sistan-Baluchestan Province are three major strategies to solve the worsening water crisis in... -
February 01,2019Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says the need to recycle and reuse wastewater is crucial to deal with the water crisis spreading rapidly across the provinces. "The government has a clear policy... -
January 28,2019A large volume (20-35%) of drinking water is lost due to seepage and rusting pipelines in the country. Almost half of the water network in cities and small towns are old and should be replaced to... -
January 27,2019Precipitation in the major river basins during the first 125 days of the current water year (started Sept. 23, 2018) has surpassed 125 millimeters -- three times over and above the corresponding... -
January 25,2019The mind boggles when officials take turns in proudly announcing that plans are underway to complete 120 dams across the country, of which 43 "must" be ready by 2022. Of the 172 dams in Iran close... -
January 22,2019Forty water and wastewater treatment plants will be launched across the country in February, deputy for engineering and development affairs at the National Water and Wastewater Company said....
