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Minister vows inaugurating nine thermal power stations, 10 dams

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said nine thermal power stations and 10 dams will be inaugurated in various Iranian provinces aiming to take advantage of water and hydro-electric energy.
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Publish Date:18/November/2019 | 24:33

Water Paucity Taking Toll on Development Projects

EghtesadOnline: Petrochemical, fertilizer and refinery projects with annual capacity to manufacture 5 million tons are facing rough times and some have been put on hold as the water problems worsen.
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Publish Date:10/November/2019 | 13:07

Water Crisis in Iran: Pushing to the Brink

EghtesadOnline: As access to water becomes a herculean task in countries big and small, an increasing number of regions worldwide are facing a looming crisis that has become a serious cause of concern threatening livelihoods from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
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Publish Date:30/October/2019 | 11:34

Higher Rainfall Has No Space for Complacency

EghtesadOnline: Since September 23 (the beginning of the current water year), water flowing into dams has reached 2 billion cubic meters -- up 87% compared to last year.
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Publish Date:28/October/2019 | 24:57

Renewed Opposition to Inter-Basin Water Transfer in Iran

EghtesadOnline: 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 hardly successful projects, the deputy agriculture minister for agronomy affairs said.
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Publish Date:22/October/2019 | 13:35

Groundwater Reserves Depleting Rapidly in Zanjan

EghtesadOnline: Deep water wells in Zanjan Province are dragging the region into trouble of the kind that the region may soon be unable to supply enough water to farmers.
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Publish Date:13/October/2019 | 07:39

Yazd Resorting to Smart Systems to Save Water

EghtesadOnline: Projects to decrease groundwater extraction in Yazd Province have helped reduce the rate of depletion of groundwater in plains and aquifers.
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Publish Date:12/October/2019 | 13:27

Can Water Markets Help Iran?

EghtesadOnline: Managing limited resources of water has long been a challenge not only to water users but also policymakers in most countries. Iran is no exception.
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Publish Date:08/October/2019 | 24:42

Almost Out of Water

EghtesadOnline: Research conducted by Yazd University for the Majlis Research Center shows that climate change will convert semi-arid regions in the central plateau to arid zones and water shortages in both areas will exacerbate sooner than had been expected.
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Publish Date:02/October/2019 | 11:28

Tehran Wastewater Infrastructure Needs 5 More Years

EghtesadOnline: Expansion of Tehran’s wastewater network has registered 76% progress and is expected to be completed in five years, managing director of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company said.
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Publish Date:22/September/2019 | 13:31

Caspian-Semnan Water Project Divisive

EghtesadOnline: 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 indeed be an exercise in futility, an expert at the Research Institute for Forests and Range and director of the Public Participation Office of the Department of Environment said.
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Publish Date:21/September/2019 | 24:36

Khorasan Razavi Using Water It Does Not Have

EghtesadOnline: Extraction from renewable water resources in Khorasan Razavi Province has reached petrifying levels, the head of provincial Water Company said.
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Publish Date:01/September/2019 | 09:45

Iran Dams Are Emptying, Again

EghtesadOnline: The amount of water stored in dams has dwindled by 9% between May 22 and June 22.
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Publish Date:24/July/2019 | 10:04