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Tag: water shortage
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Iran looks to seawater to quench country’s thirst
Iran’s Minister of Power announced that the government will implement a project to produce drinking water from the Persian Gulf and the Sea of…
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Villages in province depend heavily on trucked-in water
More than half of the population of Sistan-Baluchistan Province lives in villages, and close to 95 percent of these villages do not have infrastructure…
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Iran’s widespread water crisis fuels rural depopulation
The Governor of Tabas says many residents of rural areas in Southern Khorasan are migrating due to the “rapid fall in the level of…
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Water concerns put a halt to some dam projects
Iran’s Minister of Power has announced that a number of dam-construction projects have been halted across the country. The Mehr News Agency reports that…
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Water shortage in Sistan-Baluchistan deepens
Head of Sistan-Baluchistan Regional Waterworks says the province is facing a shortage of 600 million cubic metres of water. In a report on Monday…
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Millions of rural Iranians getting water from mobile tankers
The Iranian Ministry of Power says seven million Iranians in rural areas receive their drinking water from mobile tankers. The Mehr News Agency reports…
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Erratic water supply harms Kermanshah farmers
The water crisis in Kermanshah Province is taking a serious toll on farmers as a number of towns deal with repeated interruptions in the…
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UN sounds alarm over looming global water crisis
The United Nation is calling on world leaders to review their water policies and prepare to face a water crisis within the next 15…
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Four Iranian provinces facing severe water shortage
According to Iran’s Meteorology Department, four provinces in Western and Central Iran have been facing severe drought for the past six months. The Mehr…
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Water shortages a problem in cities across Iran
The Head of Iran’s Department of Environment has issued a warning about the water resources for 14 cities across the country, adding that current conditions…