EU delegation visiting Iran to explore co-op in water management

TEHRAN – The European Union has started cooperating with Iran for managing the country’s water resources, a senior adviser to Iran’s Energy Ministry announced.

50bcm of groundwater withdrawn annually in Iran

TEHRAN – An annual amount of 50 billion cubic meters of groundwater resources are withdrawn to supply agricultural, industrial as well as drinking water in Iran, a researcher in the field of water resources has stated.

‘Watershed management; Iran’s only way to survive drought, severe rainfall’

TEHRAN – The only way for the country to overcome long-term droughts along with preventing floods is through comprehensive watershed management plnas, Ali Salajeqeh, University of Tehran faculty in river engineering and watershed management, has said.

By Faranak Bakhtiari

Qanat, a solution to water scarcity?

For many years, the country has been suffering from droughts and lack of water resources; wetlands, rivers, lakes and open drains have dried up gradually. While experts believe that the current water scarcity is due to poor water management policies, do qanats give us the right policy?

Expert believes Iran’s water shortage can be tackled

TEHRAN — While water scarcity has become a serious issue in Iran, it is still possible to tackle it, an Iranian professor of cross-cultural environment management at the Phoenix University has said.

Bright future ahead with Iran’s competencies, Denmark’s technology

TEHRAN – Since the lifting of the international nuclear related sanctions against Iran after the implementation day of JCPOA in 2016, Iran is again open for business in many areas providing grounds for the boost in bilateral and trade relations between Denmark and Iran.

50 dams to be inaugurated in Iran by Mar. 20

TEHRAN- According to the CEO of Iran Water Resources Management Company Mohammad Hajrasooliha, some 50 dams will be completed and inaugurated in Iran by the end of current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2017), which also marks the end of country’s Fifth Five-Year National Development Plan, IRNA reported.