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Iran: Caspian Water Transfer Project Under Consideration
September 8th, 2016
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s consideration of a large scale water transfer project: A major project to channel water from the Caspian Sea to Iran’s central, arid province of Semnan is still under consideration, vice president and head of the Environmental Protection Organization of Iran, Masoumeh Ebtekar, said. Speaking to the Tasnim […]
Read more »Iran’s Pistachio Farms: Dying Of Thirst
September 6th, 2016
Via Seed Daily, a look at Iran’s water crisis and its impact on agriculture: The pistachio trees at the village in southern Iran are long dead, bleached white by the sun — the underground water reserves sucked dry by decades of over-farming and waste. The last farmers left with their families 10 years ago, and […]
Read more »Iran Inks Water Deal With France, Sweden
August 29th, 2016
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s growing international outreach on water: The Iranian Energy Minister Chitchian has reported on signing of new water consumption management contracts with Swedish and French firms. Hamid Chitchian, on the sidelines of a meeting with the visiting French Environment Minister Ségolène Royal, pointed to capacities and potentials of […]
Read more »Iran: Water Shortages Could Displace 50 Million People
August 11th, 2016
Via the Financial Tribune, an alarming report on the severity of Iran’s water challenges: Severity of the water shortage in Iran has not yet dawned on the general public. Even government authorities had not acknowledged the depth of problem until only recently. Negligence and carelessness now has Iran facing hard times. “We are now dealing […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Crisis
August 11th, 2016
Courtesy of the Tehran Times, an article on Iran’s water crisis: Drying lakes and rivers, declining groundwater resources, land subsidence, water contamination, water supply rationing and disruptions, forced migration, agricultural losses, salt and sand storms, and ecosystem damages are the modern water-related issues of a nation which was once recognized as the pioneer of sustainable […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Vision
May 10th, 2016
Courtesy of The Guardian, an article on Iran’s massive water transfer schemes: A grand vision of eliminating water scarcity looks attractive for tens of millions of people in the desert cities of central Iran worried about drought. Ambitious water transfer projects are being put in place to answer a call from President Hassan Rouhani. Two high-profile projects […]
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