Iran is burning and the water crisis, according to regime officials, has become one of the country’s six super-challenges.
But what is the extent of this crisis and how far has it grown? Some of the reports of the regime’s media in this regard:
The Grand Lagoon of Anzali:
The Grand Lagoon of Anzali , which is one of the internationally recognized wetlands and the largest habitat for migratory birds and fish in Iran, is disappearing, as is the 60 other lagoons and wetlands of our country, under the criminal rule of mullahs in Iran, according to the state-run ILNA news agency on 7 June 2018.
State-run media acknowledged the harsh condition of the Anzali lagoon, and that there were no more than half a meter of water in the deep part of this wetland for many years, and while quoting environmental experts reported: “In order to save the Anzali lagoon, it its entrances has to be cleared, because Zarjub and Gohar Rood that sink into this wetland are among the most polluted rivers that exist in the world. Highly polluted waste gutters flow into these rivers and eventually enter the Anzali wetland. The drying of Anzali lagoon drying will have many social and economic consequences for the people.”
3000 villages of Sistan and Baluchestan have no drinking water system:
A member of the Iranian regime’s parliament from Iranshahr revealed that 3000 villages in Sistan and Baluchistan province have no drinking water supply system. Mohammad Naeem Aminifard who interviewed the ISNA news agency on Thursday, June 7, also admitted: “Tankers are used to supply drinking water to 1200 villages in Baluchestan.
Tankers are used to supply water to 110 villages in Golestan province:
According to the state-run IRNA’s report on30 may 2018, the director of government-run Rural Water and Wastewater Company in Golestan province said: “Due to lack of resources, drinking water in 110 villages of this province with a population of 44 thousand and 849 people is supplied with a tanker.”
Alireza Shakibaeifar said: “By the summer (of 2018), 171 other Golestan villages with a population of 181,155 will also be affected by water stress and will be added to the villages in need of water tankers.”
He added: “Supplying water in the summer to more than 280 villages in Golestan with 23 mobile tankers with a life expectancy of 12 years is very difficult, and we need at least 32 tankers for this purpose.”
“The drinking water of the villages under the cover of Golestan Rural reef is extracted from 402 wells and 184 springs.”
The regime’s agent acknowledged that while the daily drinking water requirements for the Golestan villagers are 150 liters per day, they can only supply 30 liters of water.
This report indicates that not paying attention to the optimal consumption pattern, especially in the agriculture and home sector of Golestan province in recent years is one of the causes of the water shortage crisis.
Golestan province with a population of one million and 869 thousand people has 941 villages of over 20 households.
Water stress in Isfahan, Zayandehrud dry-up and damage to farmers:
The state-run Tasnim news agency in a detailed report on Friday stated that “Isfahan’s water stress has reached a level that is the crisis of water scarcity is likely to occurs at the end of summer.” The situation of undesirable water reserves of the Zayandehrud dam in the last eight months has caused the farmers of Isfahan not being able to use the water resources of the river for their agriculture and cultivation as in previous years. This has led Isfahan farmers to stage mass demonstrations several times.
Hashem Amini, director of the state-owned Water and Sewage Company in Isfahan, flagrantly said: “To manage the water crisis in Isfahan well, we need to be clear and openly tell people that they is no water and they should manage their own water usage.”
Zayandehrud dry-up has damaged many farmers in this area, including the farmers of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Also, the drying and lack of water in Zayandehrud river and the death of Gavkhoni lagoon, as an international wetland, is one of the mismanagement of these thieves and plunderer agents of Iranian regime in the country’s water resources. Zayandehrud’s drying is now a problem that has become the most basic challenge for the people and citizens living in the lower part of the river.
Semnan: 30% reduction in drinking water:
A member of the regime’s reactionary parliament confessed to the water crisis in Semnan and said: “At least 200 million cubic meters of water should be sent to Semnan province. Otherwise, droughts will cause people to migrate to Tehran or adjacent provinces every day that this creates a dangerous situation.
MP Hassan Beigi reminded: “The situation in the province is so hard that we can no longer allocate water to the industries.”