Water Crisis in Iran

Drinking water for 70% of the population of Bushehr Province will be provided by water desalination units in the near future, the deputy for engineering affairs at Iran Water and Wastewater…

The project to transfer water from Kanisib Dam to Urmia Lake via a tunnel is near completion and will be launched in February 2023. Costing more than $75 million, the project includes a 36-km…

Excessive water extraction from agricultural wells has caused land subsidence in many Iranian plains, leading to the decline in the quality and volume of drinking water and the evacuation of…

Since the beginning of the current water year (Sept. 23), 37 millimeters of rainfall have been registered across Iran, showing a 12% rise compared with the same period of last year when the…

The plan to transfer water from the Aras River in northwest Iran to Tabriz in East Azarbaijan Province, which had been delayed for several years, will be completed in about 40 months, the head…

Lack of rainfall in the current water year (started Sept. 23) and seasonal forecasts indicate the continuation of mega-drought in South Khorasan Province, as it has entered the 23rd consecutive…

There are 58,000 unauthorized wells in the central plateau of Iran, from which 1.8 billion cubic meters of water are extracted annually, which is a significant figure considering the low…

Agriculture is by far the largest consumer of the limited water resources in Iran and the Energy Ministry’s data indicate that water consumption in Iran’s agro sector is at least 20% higher than…

Construction work for building water storage reservoirs with a capacity of 55,000 cubic meters has started in Alborz Province, the head of the provincial water and wastewater company said.

Water shortage is definitely Iran’s number one challenge and some parts of the country will face limited habitability unless adaptability measures are implemented without delay, the head of Iran…

Farmers in the east of Isfahan Province will receive water from Zayandehroud river from Nov. 16, chairman of Isfahan Chamber of Agricultural Guilds said.

Precipitation in Khorasan Razavi Province has plummeted by a massive 60% over the last two years, which is unprecedented in the past 50 years, managing director of Mashhad Water and Wastewater…

Since the beginning of the current water year (Sept. 23), only 3 millimeters of rainfall have been registered across Iran, which shows a 44% decrease compared with the same period of last year,…

Water consumption in Tehran hit a record on Friday, exceeding the peak use in summer, Tehran Water and Wastewater Company announced. The citizens of Tehran consumed 46,000 liters per second of…

Majlis Research Center, the influential research arm of the Iranian Parliament, says in a new report that groundwater resources all over the country are shrinking at such an incredible speed…

The project to supply water from Azad Dam in Kurdestan Province to Sanandaj, the provincial capital, has registered more than 90% progress and will be launched soon, director of the project said…

Water consumption in Tehran Province in the first 10 days of fall did not change from the hot summer days and more than 3 billion liters of water were consumed per day.

Due to consecutive years of drought and low precipitation in the last water year (ended Sept. 23, 2022), the province’s dire water situation is worrisome, managing director of Tehran Regional…

Pipe-laying work to divert water from Talvar Dam in Kurdestan Province to regions in Hamedan is complete and the long-awaited plant will be inaugurated soon, managing director of Hamedan…

Reduction of snowfall in Iran has exacerbated the critical condition of dwindling groundwater resources, said the head of the Water Affairs Faculty at Shahid Chamran University in Ahvaz,…

As long as old paradigms like allocating diminishing groundwater resources to water-intensive steel mills and thermal power plants in the middle of the desert are not replaced with new and…

President Ebrahim Raeisi inaugurated a long-awaited water supply project in the drought-stricken Khuzestan Province on Friday, director of the provincial water and electricity organization said…

The first phase of a desalination plant in Nimruz County, Sistan-Baluchestan Province, was launched on Monday to help supply drinking water to the urban and rural areas of the region from the…

Approximately 28.5 millimeters of rain fell in Tehran Province since July 23 increasing water inflow in five dams around capital, the deputy for water and hydropower affairs at Tehran Regional…

The third phase of a major water supply plan, dubbed Ghadir Water Supply Project, which is underway in Khuzestan Province, has gained momentum and progressed by 83% in less than nine months, the…