water resources
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Sustainable Water Resources Management Is Fundamental
EghtesadOnline: Lack of sustainable and long-term planning to combat water shortage can lead to serious consequences, the UNICEF representative to Iran said.
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Underground Water Resources Crucial
EghtesadOnline: Underground water resources meet close to 57% of the domestic water demand from households, farming and industries. The balance (43%) comes from renewable resources.
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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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Shifting to Unconventional Water Resources a Compulsion for Bushehr
EghtesadOnline: Despite the visible reduction in per capita water consumption in southern Bushehr Province, the region is still struggling with severe water shortages, head of water quality department…
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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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Iran: 2,600% Rise in Number of Banned Plains
EghtesadOnline: Rapidly declining water resources has impelled the government to increase the number of plains from which water withdrawal is banned from 15 in 1968 to 405 now -- up 2,600%.
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Running Out of Water
EghtesadOnline: Water-intensive lifestyle, lack of long-term plans to efficiently use the limited water resources, inadequate investment to develop water infrastructure and sacrificing national…
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Projects Underway to Help Tackle Water Shortage in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian announced signing 30 deals on water treatment projects to tackle dwindling water resources.