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Groundwater Extraction a Serious Cause for Concern

EghtesadOnline: On 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 Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa).
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Publish Date:23/September/2020 | 20:28

Mining Sector’s Water Consumption Untenable

EghtesadOnline: The 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.
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Publish Date:17/August/2020 | 11:41

Agro Sector Gobbles Up 91% of Water

EghtesadOnline: An estimated 90% of the renewable water resources in Markazi Province is consumed in the agriculture sector, managing director of Markazi Regional Water Company said.
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Publish Date:06/August/2020 | 18:37

Desalination Spreads as Water Stress Rises

EghtesadOnline: Eight provinces in Iran will be provided seawater after desalination, the deputy minister for water and wastewater affairs at the Energy Ministry said.
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Publish Date:22/July/2020 | 10:30

Desalination Spreads as Water Stress Rises

EghtesadOnline: Eight provinces in Iran will be provided seawater after desalination, the deputy minister for water and wastewater affairs at the Energy Ministry said.
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Publish Date:22/July/2020 | 10:30

Yazd Water Deficit Worsens

EghtesadOnline: Agriculture accounts for 83% of the water used in the arid Yazd Province, head of the provincial water company said.
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Publish Date:19/July/2020 | 15:56

Isfahan Steelmaker Wakes Up to Worsening Water Crisis

EghtesadOnline: To 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 Company, Iran's biggest producer of structural steel, head of the water company said.
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Publish Date:01/July/2020 | 24:58

Abfa: Wet Spells No Respite for Mounting Water Tension

EghtesadOnline: Fifteen wet months helped eased the water tension to some extent, but the respite will not last long, director of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa) said.
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Publish Date:23/June/2020 | 24:04

Tehran Water Use Alarming

EghtesadOnline: Daily water consumption in Tehran has reached 3.6 million cubic meters that is unprecedented in the history of the metropolis, managing director of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company said at the weekend.
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Publish Date:21/June/2020 | 24:02

Iran's Rainfall and Dam Levels Low

EghtesadOnline: Average precipitation since the beginning of the current water year (Sept 23, 2019) until June 14, shows a 27-millimeter, or 8%, decline compared to the same period last year.
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Publish Date:16/June/2020 | 08:10

Plains Running Out of Fossil Water

EghtesadOnline: Estimates show Iran holds 500 billion cubic meters of fossil water, of which 300 bcm is fresh water.
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Publish Date:13/June/2020 | 07:37

Kani Sib Dam to Divert Water to Urmia Lake

EghtesadOnline: Kani Sib Dam project in Piranshahr, West Azarbaijan Province, as one of the sources to supply water to the troubled Urmia Lake, is near completion, head of Urmia Lake Restoration Program said.
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Publish Date:09/June/2020 | 11:58

Iran: 25% of Power Output in 2019 From Renewables

EghtesadOnline: Almost 25% of the electricity produced in the last fiscal (ended in March) was generated from renewable sources (steam, water, nuclear, wind and solar), chief executive officer of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
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Publish Date:08/June/2020 | 08:20

Is Water Market a Panacea?

EghtesadOnline: Geological studies show water shortages in Iran will get worse due to waste and rising consumption.
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Publish Date:21/May/2020 | 08:53

Study Reveals Substantial Caspian Sea Water Loss

EghtesadOnline: Water loss in the earth's largest inland body of water has worsened substantially since 1995 and is expected to continue in the foreseeable future due to rising temperatures associated with climate change, head of the National Center for Research and Studies of the Caspian Sea, affiliated to the Energy Ministry Water Research Center (WRC) said.
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Publish Date:20/May/2020 | 07:08

Good Rainfall but Dams Deprived

EghtesadOnline: Despite the good torrential rains, the amount of water flowing into dams in Iran from the beginning of the current water year (Sept 2019) until February 28 declined 34% compared to the same period last year, director of the Department of Water Operations at Iran Water Resources Management Company said.
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Publish Date:07/March/2020 | 07:07

Lake Urmia Receiving 270 mcm of Water

EghtesadOnline: To help restore Lake Urmia, close to 270 million cubic meters of water will be gradually discharged into the troubled lake from four dams in West Azarbaijan Province over the next two months, head of Urmia Lake Restoration Project said.
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Publish Date:29/February/2020 | 07:26

Iran Gov’t Insists on Building Dams

EghtesadOnline: In the past dams were built with the aim of ensuring irrigation, power generation and supplying potable water. But now the attitude towards mega-dams has changed significantly, managing director of Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company said.
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Publish Date:19/February/2020 | 10:52