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Abfa Wants Municipality To Rewrite Water Policy

EghtesadOnline: Tehran Municipality takes out 180 million cubic meters of water from depleting underground resources in the sprawling capital per year, director of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran ( Abfa ).
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Publish Date:03/September/2020 | 13:52

Persian Gulf Water Reaches Kerman

EghtesadOnline: The first phase of a project to supply water from the Persian Gulf to Kerman Province went on stream on Thursday, head of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran ( Abfa ) said.
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Publish Date:07/November/2020 | 15:37

Tehran Water Treatment Capacity Rising

EghtesadOnline: 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 National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran ( Abfa ).
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Publish Date:27/October/2020 | 24:18

Yazd Water Loss Inadmissible

EghtesadOnline: Non-revenue water in Yazd Province is 20%, of which 10% is real loss (through leaks, also referred to as physical loss) and 10% is apparent losses (theft and meter measuring errors), provincial head of the Water and Wastewater Company ( Abfa ) said.
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Publish Date:01/October/2020 | 15:45

Abfa Says Cannot Meet Rising Costs

EghtesadOnline: The widening gap between what consumers pay and the final cost of water treatment and supply has pushed the state-owned Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company ( Abfa ) into the red to the tune of $120 million so far, the company director said.
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Publish Date:27/September/2020 | 11:58

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

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

Abfa Chief: Need for Avoiding Water Tensions

EghtesadOnline: From the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Turkey where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are fed to the desert Wadis on both sides of the Nile, the history of water conflicts provides a cautionary note.
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Publish Date:26/January/2020 | 11:36

Abfa Expanding Water Supply Network

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s water supply network stretches over 460,000 kilometers, but there still are 10,000 small towns and villages with no access to piped water, director of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran ( Abfa ) said.
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Publish Date:08/January/2020 | 11:34

Abfa Chief Reiterates Need to Promote Greywater Use

EghtesadOnline: The deficit of groundwater reserves has surpassed 130 billion cubic meters, director of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran ( Abfa ) said.
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Publish Date:23/December/2019 | 11:19

Swiss Envoy, Abfa Chief Discuss Water Issues

EghtesadOnline: Switzerland’s ambassador in Tehran invited water officials to join his country’s water diplomacy initiative dubbed as “Blue Peace”.
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Publish Date:18/December/2019 | 24:21

10MW Mobile Power Plant Ready for Synchronization

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s largest mobile power plant will be linked to the national grid next month, the deputy for supervisory affairs at the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran ( Abfa ) said.
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Publish Date:16/September/2019 | 11:47

Iran Signs MoU With 2 Int'l Bodies on Wasterwater Projects

EghtesadOnline: The National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran ( Abfa ) has signed a memorandum of understanding on wastewater treatment with two international organizations, namely the International Water Association (IWA) and the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID).
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Publish Date:14/September/2016 | 11:21