Iranian Dams Only 39% Full

EghtesadOnline: Dams across Iran has the capacity to hold 50.5 billion cubic meters of water, but currently only 39% of their total capacity is filled, which is due to lower precipitation in the past water year (September 2020-21).

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Publish Date:20/September/2021 | 13:59

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

Lorestan Building 8 Dams

EghtesadOnline: Eight dams are in different stages of construction in Lorestan Province, managing director of the provincial Regional Water Company said.

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Publish Date:14/February/2021 | 13:57

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

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

Dams , Floods and Expediency

EghtesadOnline: Dams are built to help protect against the potential loss of life and properties that can be caused by flooding.

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Publish Date:10/December/2020 | 17:38

Water Levels Decline 30% in Urmia Lake Catchment Area

EghtesadOnline: Water stored water in dams around the catchment area of Lake Urmia has decreased by 30% compared to last year, managing director of West Azarbaijan Regional Water Company said.

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Publish Date:27/December/2020 | 17:06

2 Dams in Ardabil Near Completion

EghtesadOnline: The construction of Emarat Dam in Germi County in northwestern Ardabil Province is near completion, managing director of Ardabil Regional Water Company said.

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Publish Date:26/November/2020 | 16:14

Khoy Running Dry

EghtesadOnline: Water shortage in Khoy County in West Azarbaijan Province has intensified with the depletion of groundwater aquifers, digging new wells and delays in building dams on rivers.

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Publish Date:15/July/2020 | 11:42

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

TRWC Chief: Tehran Rainfall Unprecedented in Half Century

EghtesadOnline: Tehran dams presently have 634 million cubic meters of water, up 85 million cubic meters compared to this time last year, managing director of Tehran Regional Water Company said.

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Publish Date:20/January/2020 | 13:37

Need to Reduce Water Evaporation in Iran Dams

EghtesadOnline: A whopping 3 billion cubic meters of water evaporates annually from dams nationwide, head of water technology development workgroup at the Presidential Office for Science and Technology said.

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Publish Date:19/January/2020 | 24:30

Water Levels in Iran's Southern Dams Rising After Years

EghtesadOnline: Deluge in the past few days in southern and southeastern Iran has inflicted damages on cities, villages and roads and endangered lives. But at the same time it has helped fill dams that saw little water in years.

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Publish Date:14/January/2020 | 11:59

Dams Are No Smart Solutions for Iran

EghtesadOnline: Based on the March 2020-21 budget bill, close to $160 million will be allocated to dam construction in the next Iranian year.

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Publish Date:01/January/2020 | 11:15

West Azarbaijan Dams Help Revive Troubled Lake Urmia

EghtesadOnline: In the framework of the Lake Urmia Restoration Project, water from Shahrchay and Boukan dams was discharged into the troubled lake on Sunday, managing director of West Azarbaijan Regional Water Company said.

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Publish Date:23/December/2019 | 11:21

Iran Dams Half Full

EghtesadOnline: Since the beginning of the current water year (September 23) up until November 22, more than 42 millimeters of rainfall was registered across Iran, a 23% increase compared to the average in the past half decade.

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Publish Date:25/November/2019 | 11:41

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