Water Crisis
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Energy Ministry: Int’l Expertise Needed to Alleviate Water Crisis
EghtesadOnline: Tehran is keen on using international expertise and cooperating with global organizations to address its worsening water crisis, the energy minister’s advisor for international…
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Supply-Oriented Policies Cannot Help Resolve Iran’s Water Crisis
EghtesadOnline: Developing infrastructures to divert water from locations where it is abundant to locations facing a shortage is an unsustainable supply-oriented management policy and can do…
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Iran’s Escalating Water Crisis Worsened by Neighboring States
EghtesadOnline: Large-scale operations carried out by eastern and western neighboring states to control cross-border rivers have compounded Iran’s mounting water crisis, the head of the Water…
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Unraveling the Water Crisis
EghtesadOnline: There is a substantial difference between water consumption patterns in the developed and the developing world.
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Water Crisis Getting Severe
EghtesadOnline: Large volumes of underground water that were supposed to be consumed over the next century have already been used in the last five decades, an environmentalist and head of 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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Isfahan Improving, Expanding Wastewater Systems
EghtesadOnline: To help ease the water crisis in the drought-stricken central plateau, a wastewater treatment plant will become operational in Ezhieh in Isfahan Province, head of the provincial…
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Millions Move Out as Water Crisis Deepens
EghtesadOnline: Dwindling underground water resources have forced 20 million people from small towns and villages to the countryside in the last two decades, deputy head of the Underground Water…
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Rewriting Water Management in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Efficient management of demand and developing effective resource management techniques (compared to water transfer projects) would be more practical in addressing water crisis,…
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RCUWM Meeting in Tehran: 16 Nations Discuss Water Issues
EghtesadOnline: The water crisis unfolding across continents is a global challenge that needs to be addressed through meaningful collaboration and networking, the officer-in-charge of the UNESCO…
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Tehran Groundwater Resources in Bad Shape
EghtesadOnline: Recent rainfall has by no means eased Tehran’s water crisis that has been a source of serious concern for years, managing director of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company…
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Cloud Seeding to Help Ease Water Crisis in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Despite higher precipitation in October, which was 33% more compared to last year same time, average rainfall was lower than the global average. However, rainfall can be increased…
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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…
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ECO Bank Funds Birjand Wastewater Plant
EghtesadOnline: Wastewater treatment and use of recycled water in the agricultural and industrial sectors can help tackle the worsening water crisis in drought-stricken South Khorasan Province,…
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Iran's Inter-Basin Water Transfer Schemes Challenged
EghtesadOnline: Diverting water from the Oman Sea to alleviate the water crisis in Sistan-Baluchestan, South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi provinces is on the agenda, but it should not be the…
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Water Crisis Will Cripple Iran's Future Economic Plans
EghtesadOnline: A conference was held last week at the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) in Mashhad to discuss the root causes of rising water tensions, consequences…
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Renewed Alarm Over Water Crisis in Iran
EghtesadOnline: The water crisis in Iran is a serious concern and neglecting the issue will have irreversible consequences, said the head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture…
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Iranian MP Sees 3 Ways to Solve Southeast Water Crisis
EghtesadOnline: Deep-sea explorations, curbing evaporation and transferring (desalination) water from the Oman Sea to Sistan-Baluchestan Province are three major strategies to solve the worsening…
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Rouhani Calls for Action on Water Scarcity
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani has sounded the alarm on the worsening water crisis saying his administration invested $11.5 billion in the water sector after he took office in 2013.
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How Economical Is Exporting the Fruit, Considering the Water Crisis in Iran
EghtesadOnline: A total of 622,680 tons of watermelon worth $116.75 million were exported from Iran to 36 countries during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22).
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Cloud Seeding Unable to Resolve Water Problem
EghtesadOnline: Cloud seeding initiatives, which are primarily aimed at increasing rainfall, cannot help resolve the deepening water crisis of the country.
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Worsening Water Crisis Linked to Flouting Laws
EghtesadOnline: By ignoring the fact that the country's ominous water crisis is rooted in weak diplomatic relations with neighboring states, namely Afghanistan and Iraq, some still think dam…