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August 09,2021
Due to Iran's dry and semi-arid climate, water scarcity has long been a problem, forcing governments and academics to explore innovative ways to manage water usage.
One of the key bodies...
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October 26,2020
To further improve potable water quality and curb land subsidence in Tehran Province, the first phase of a water treatment plant is complete and will become operational soon, director of the...
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January 31,2020
The second phase of Tehran's seventh water treatment plant (Mamlou Treatment Plant) became operational, managing director of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company said. It will help improve...
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January 06,2020
Efficient management of demand and developing effective resource management techniques (compared to water transfer projects) would be more practical in addressing water crisis, but in practice have...
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October 25,2019
Wastewater Treatment Plant Number 2 in Shiraz, Fars Province, will start operation in December, managing director of Shiraz Water and Wastewater Company said.
“With a capacity to treat 100,000...
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October 21,2019
Despite the fact that inter-basin transfer of water to far-flung locations has long been seriously challenged in most countries, some policymakers in Iran persist in implementing the costly but...
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September 20,2019
With almost 500 million cubic meters of water wasted in the industrial and farming sectors in Semnan Province, a plan to transfer water from the Caspian Sea in the north to the arid region would...
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September 18,2019
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 the managing...
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September 14,2019
Diverting water from the Oman Sea to alleviate the water crisis in Sistan-Baluchestan, South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi provinces is on the agenda, but it should not be the last resort, deputy...
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August 27,2019
The 145th water treatment plant was officially launched Tuesday in Abhar County, Zanjan Province.
It provides potable water to 60,000 people in Abhar and Khorramdarreh counties, the Energy...
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July 27,2019
In the past six years, 39 desalination units with a capacity of approximately 174,000 cubic meters per day (63.7 million cubic meters a year), are operating mostly in the southern coasts.
Sixty...
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July 21,2019
The project to transfer drinking water from Safa Rud Dam to Kerman City in southern Kerman Province will be completed in two weeks, managing director of Kerman Regional Water Company said.
“...
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July 20,2019
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 6.4...
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July 19,2019
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 and...
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July 17,2019
Iran has great potential for leading the water sector entrepreneurship in the region, co-director of Cewas, a Swiss non-profit association involved in improving business practices in water and...
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May 21,2019
Iran National Innovation Fund and the Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology have signed an agreement to support startups working on water management issues.
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March 06,2019
Feasibility studies to build the second desalination unit in the northern Golestan Province are over and construction work will start soon, managing director of the provincial Rural Water and...
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September 11,2018
The private sector has signed 22 water and wastewater deals with the Energy Ministry to develop less privileged areas in the southern Hormozgan Province.
Ventures, with a collective cost of 20...
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September 07,2018
Some 2,400 projects are underway in water, wastewater and power sectors across the country, which have progressed by 60% on average.
Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian made the statement on Thursday...
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September 02,2018
More than 2 million hectares of farmlands are now equipped with under pressure irrigation systems in Iran, more than 30% of which were implemented since the beginning of President Hassan Rouhani’s...
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June 25,2018
Major domestic petrochemical complexes are adopting modern water treatment approaches, including zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems, to curb excessive water consumption.
Zero liquid discharge can...
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October 19,2016
The Drought and Environment Headquarters at Iran's Vice Presidency for Science and...
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