Water
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Glimmer of Hope For Urmia Lake Revival
EghtesadOnline: Effective programs have been implemented to revive the troubled Urmia Lake and environment officials in East and West Azarbaijan province hope Iran’s largest inland body of water…
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Desalination Still in Its Infancy
EghtesadOnline: Desalinated water accounts for a meager 0.1% of the total annual water consumption in Iran while in some neighboring countries like Saudi Arabia it is 70%.
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Water Demand in Tehran Intensifies
EghtesadOnline: Potable water consumption in Tehran Province jumped to 626 million cubic meters in the last water year that ended on Sep 22, managing director of Tehran Regional Water Company…
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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…
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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…
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Utilities Inflation at 22.8%
EghtesadOnline: The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of utilities (gas, electricity and water) in the 12-month period ending Aug. 21, which marks the end of the fifth Iranian month,…
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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 internation…
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Utilities Inflation at 22.7%
EghtesadOnline: The Consumer Price Index of utilities (electricity, gas and water) in the 12-month period ending July 21, which marks the end of the fourth Iranian month, increased by 22.7% compared…
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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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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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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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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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Dam Near Iraqi Border Helps Farming, Provides Potable Water in Region
EghtesadOnline: Sharaf Shah Dam in Qasr-e-Shirin County, in Kermanshah Province, was launched Thursday.
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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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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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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…
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Utilities Inflation at 23%
EghtesadOnline: The average Consumer Price Index utilities (water, electricity, natural gas, etc.) in the 12-month period ending May 20 increased by 23% compared with last year’s corresponding…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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As Coronavirus Spreads: Hand Washing Raises Water Use to Unusually High Levels in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company (Abfa) said in a statement on Saturday that water consumption in the capital has increased dramatically in the past 10 days and appealed…
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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…
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Tehran Water Crisis: More Rains But No Solace
EghtesadOnline: Higher precipitation in recent days has not defused Tehran’s water crisis that continues to worsen, head of the Base Studies Department in the provincial water company said.
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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,…
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Treated Water: Last Option for Yazd Industries
EghtesadOnline: Yazd Regional Water Company annually draws one million cubic meters of water from groundwater sources to supply industries in Yazd Province, the company managing director said.
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Time to Replace 90,000 km Corroded Water Pipelines
EghtesadOnline: Close to 90,000 kilometers of pipelines in the national water grid are old and dilapidated and must be replaced.