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50bcm of groundwater withdrawn annually in Iran

TEHRAN – An annual amount of 50 billion cubic meters of groundwater resources are withdrawn to supply agricultural, industrial as well as drinking water in Iran, a researcher in the field of water resources has stated.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