Water Crisis in Iran

Afghanistan’s excuses not to release Iran’s fair share of joint water resources are not acceptable and Iran is still hopeful that the matter can be resolved diplomatically, the head of the…

Studies by scientists at the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) show that the Middle East and North Africa are becoming drier and warmer regions, which will…

Non-revenue water loss in Iran is at least 10% higher than in neighboring states because close to 90,000 kilometers of pipelines in the national water network are corroded and must be replaced,…

Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa region lack the political determination to solve water tensions in drought-stricken countries and a water conflict is looming, a former member of the…

Afghanistan’s water officials opened discharge valves at the Kamal Khan Dam on Helmand River and water is expected to flow into three big reservoirs in the Sistan Plain called Chah-Nimeh in…

Iran held 500 billion cubic meters of strategic underground water reserves or fossil water, of which 100 bcm were consumed between 2010 and 2021, a water expert said.

Projects to supply water to rural areas are underway in Kerman Province and according to plans, 442 villages will get piped water by the end of May, the managing director of Kerman Water and…

In the past 16 years, a total of 7,635 unauthorized water wells have been sealed in Isfahan Province, which helped save over 215 million cubic meters of water a year in the dry region, deputy of…

The quality of piped water in Tehran is monitored with the help of 400 online systems, all of which comply with the World Health Organization standards, the head of Quality Control Department in…

Importing water from neighboring states, such as Tajikistan and Afghanistan, is neither logical nor feasible to address the water shortage in drought-stricken regions of the central plateau,…

The transfer of desalinated water from the Persian Gulf to drought-stricken Kerman and Yazd provinces will cost 150,000 rials (50 cents) per cubic meter, a senior consultant of the Energy…

The government pays $200 million annually in hidden subsidies to water subscribers nationwide, managing director of the state-owned Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa) said…

Engaging in political dialogues and pursuing a robust water diplomacy at the regional and international level top the Energy Ministry’s agenda to handle issues related to shared water resources…

In the past three months, drinking water has been supplied to 549 villages with a population of 355,000 people, according to the data provided by the Energy Ministry. Currently, over 83% of…

Tehran is keen on using international expertise and cooperating with global organizations to address its worsening water crisis, the energy minister’s advisor for international affairs said.

Iran registered 32.6 millimeters of precipitation from the beginning of the current water year (Sept. 23) until Dec. 3, which shows a 39% decline compared with the same period of last year when…

The 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…

The drilling 10 deep-water wells is one of the programs for supplying drinking water to cities and villages in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, the deputy governor of the province said on Saturday…

Zayandehrud Dam in Isfahan Province currently has 178 million cubic meters of water, which means the dam is only about 13% full, deputy director for protection and exploitation of Isfahan…

Tehran wastewater network development plan, dubbed Tehran Water Ring System, has registered 70% progress and will be launched in 2022, a deputy of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company…

Curbing water use in agriculture, which is the most water-intensive sector, is necessary and the failure to do so will have catastrophic consequences, a leading climatologist and a university…

Precipitation in Tehran Province has plummeted by a massive 97% since Sept. 23 (beginning of the current water year), which is unprecedented in the last 50 years, deputy for water and hydropower…

Water transfer from the Persian Gulf to Fars Province will address shortages in the industrial and drinking sectors, the energy minister said. “According to plans, about 400 million cubic…

Failure to fully enforce spatial planning in Iran has not only brought the country to the verge of water bankruptcy but also had an array of catastrophic results, including the depletion of…

Cloud seeding initiatives, which are primarily aimed at increasing rainfall, can do very little to tackle the deepening water crisis in Iran, the head of Water Affairs Faculty at Shahid Chamran…