The chairman of the Iran Water Industry Association warned that the country's water crisis is worsening, with the shortage in central Iran reaching about 15 billion cubic meters. He said Iranian experts who previously helped manage the water crisis in California offered to assist Iran as well, but authorities are not involving them in decision-making, according to a report.
The chairman of the Iran Water Industry Association warned Thursday that the country's water crisis is worsening, saying the shortage in central Iran has reached about 15 billion cubic meters. He also stated that Iranian experts who helped manage the water crisis in California have offered to assist Iran, but authorities are excluding them from decision-making, according to a report.
The warning adds to a growing body of reporting on Iran's water woes. The Zioneer has previously covered several aspects of the crisis: Tehran's water utility warned of a 200-million-cubic-meter deficit (June 21); data showed a nearly sixfold drop in per capita renewable water supply over seven decades (June 22); and farmers in Garmsar protested water allocation, accusing the regime of prioritizing security facilities (June 29). The head of Iran's Earthquake Prediction Center also noted that groundwater depletion could alter seismic risk (June 22).
While the latest report is based on a single source, the official's claim that specialists are being sidelined highlights a governance dimension to the chronic water shortage, which is exacerbated by drought, over-extraction, and post-war reconstruction demands. The accuracy of the 15-billion-cubic-meter figure and the assertion about California experts remain unverified by independent sources.
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