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Iran’s mega water transfer and coastal industrial pivot

President Masoud Pezeshkianon on Saturday inaugurated one of Iran’s most ambitious infrastructure projects for the transfer of water from the Oman Sea to the central plateau, stretching over 800 kilometers from Sirjan to Isfahan.
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Publish Date:08/December/2025 | 21:20

Regional Water Conflicts Looming

EghtesadOnline: 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 World Water Council said.
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Publish Date:26/January/2022 | 16:35

Isfahan Woes Worsened by Illegal Water Wells, Land Subsidence

EghtesadOnline: 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 conservation and operations at the Isfahan Regional Water Company said.
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Publish Date:08/January/2022 | 14:39

Tehran Drought Worst in 50 Years

EghtesadOnline: 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 affairs at Tehran Regional Water Company said.
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Publish Date:26/October/2021 | 14:49

800 Projects to Help Develop Tehran Water Supply Network

EghtesadOnline: A total of 800 projects worth $450 million are underway to help develop the sprawling capital Tehran’s water supply grid, managing director of Tehran Province’s Water and Wastewater Company said.
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Publish Date:05/September/2021 | 24:36

Smart Meters Help Curb Water Consumption in Zanjan

EghtesadOnline: Transforming traditional wells into smart wells in Zanjan Province has helped reduce the extraction of underground water, the head of the provincial water company said.
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Publish Date:17/July/2021 | 15:12

Khuzestan’s Dams Struggling to Provide Water for Drinking, Irrigation, Power Generation

EghtesadOnline: Karkheh and Dez dams in Khuzestan Province, which overflowed two years ago due to torrential and unprecedented rainfall, are now about half empty and considering the sizzling summer temperatures in the southwestern province and high water consumption, the two dams may have difficulty supplying water for drinking, agriculture and power generation purposes.
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Publish Date:12/July/2021 | 24:37

‘ Water Bankruptcy’ Is Here

EghtesadOnline: Challenges in the face of water shortages in Iran have been long dubbed as a major crisis but the reality is that the country now is on the verge of water bankruptcy, the chairman of the Technical Committee for Flood Evaluation & Dam Safety at the Iranian National Committee on Large Dams said.
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Publish Date:17/May/2021 | 18:27

Lake Urmia Inflow Improving

EghtesadOnline: With 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 Project said.
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Publish Date:13/March/2021 | 19:05

40% Decline in Precipitation

EghtesadOnline: Rainfall in Iran's six main catchment areas has plunged 40% since the beginning of the current water year in Sept. 2020.
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Publish Date:18/February/2021 | 20:11

Water Access Improves in Fars

EghtesadOnline: Two dams, Molla Sadra and Tang-e-Khomar, were inaugurated in southern Fars Province on Tuesday. Located 140 kilometers from the provincial capital Shiraz, the first dam will help expand farming in the region, a deputy energy minister said.
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Publish Date:13/February/2021 | 19:47

Water Overuse Is a New Challenge in Mazandaran

EghtesadOnline: Overextraction from renewable and underground water resources in Mazandaran Province has become a new and serious challenge, managing director of the Regional Water Company said.
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Publish Date:04/February/2021 | 17:11

Dams Half Full

EghtesadOnline: Water stored in dams across Iran has reached 26.63 billion cubic meters, which is 1% less than the same time last year, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven reported.
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Publish Date:01/February/2021 | 18:58

Work Underway to Improve Water Supply to Saveh: MP

EghtesadOnline: If all goes well water from Koochari Dam in central Isfahan Province will be transferred to Saveh County in Markazi Province in two years, the representative of Saveh and Zarandieh counties in the Majlis said.
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Publish Date:01/February/2021 | 18:56

Plan to Divert Water From Sea of Oman to South Khorasan

EghtesadOnline: With completion of water transfer from the Persian Gulf to Kerman Province, plans are underway to supply water from the southeast region to South Khorasan Province, the representative of Nehbandan and Sarbisheh counties in Majlis said.
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Publish Date:31/January/2021 | 19:26