Iran's biggest threat is a continuous waste of remaining water resources
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Currently, Iran is facing several economic problems such as a high rate of inflation, unemployment as well as stagnation which officials used to link to foreign factors such as western imposed sanctions. However, there is another problem which has very little to do with outside forces. It is the threat of losing any remaining water resources.
The country ranks first in the world for wasting water resources, head of Environmental Protection Organisation Massoumeh Ebtekar said on Jan. 9.
Iran is suffering droughts as well as a dry climate and 84 percent of Iran's total area is either dry or semi-dry, according to the Deputy Energy minister of Iran, Sattar Mahmoudi.
Iran's underground water resources have decreased from 92 billion cubic meters to 48 billion cubic meters in the past 10 years which indicates a fall of 50 percent, Keyhan newspaper quoted the official from the Iranian Energy Ministry, Hedayat Fahmi on Dec. 16, 2013.
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