Financial Tribune - The proposal to transfer water from the Caspian Sea in the north to the drought-hit central plateau has been approved by the Majlis and the related desalination project is having a pilot run, the energy minister said.
The pilot project is in process and the final decision will be made upon the completion of the test, Donyay-e-...
Tehran Times - Water transfer schemes looking attractive to many of those residing in drought-stricken central Iran worried about drought, not only does not eliminate water scarcity, but inevitably involves polluting the environment along with damaging agriculture, peoples fragile source of income.
Two water transfer projects have been proposed ...
Financial Tribune - Transferring water from the Caspian Sea in the north to the drought-hit central plateau will have severe negative environmental effects, a former member of the World Water Council said.
The plan to transfer water through a 200-kilometer pipeline from Mazandaran Province to Semnan Province has been promoted as a solution to help ...
MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran enjoys considerable reserves of water in both north and south of the country which need to be used.
We should provide water for people. Iran doesnt have water problem but the problem lies in the plans. We have water in north and south. How is it that all Persian Gulf states use this water and ...
MNA A university scholar says that transferring water from the Caspian Sea to the Iranian central plateau may be more dangerous than an atomic explosion.
The detrimental impacts of transferring water from the Caspian Sea to the central province of Semnan can be more catastrophic than a nuclear explosion, Mohammad Darvish, a faculty member of ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) A major project to channel water from the Caspian Sea to Irans 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 News Agency on Wednesday, Ebtekar explained that special committees are regularly ...