{"id":5193,"date":"2016-09-15T17:04:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T22:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2016-09-15T17:04:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T22:04:48","slug":"water-water-water-iran-ctd-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/09\/15\/water-water-water-iran-ctd-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Water, Water, Water: Iran, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those who worry about Iranian nuclear issues, they might want to look at the water situation<\/a>, which appears to be dreadful. Alireza Ramezani in AL Monitor <\/b><\/i>digs in<\/a>\u00a0on the capital city of Tehran.<\/p>\n

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Tehran\u2019s population has ballooned so immensely in the past decade that Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian has warned of an impending failure to supply clean and safe drinking water to residents should the capital\u2019s population<\/a> \u2014 currently hovering at 12 million \u2014 continue to rise, Hamshahri newspaper reported on Aug. 22. \u201cThe water-security problem is very serious in Tehran and needs to be addressed immediately,\u201d Chitchian said.<\/p>\n

Some signs are emerging. A rising number of Tehran residents have been experiencing a drop in water pressure, according to leading economic newspaper Donya-e Eqtesad. People living on the third floor or higher have had to installpowerful water pumps<\/a> to suck up more water from the urban pipelines, the paper noted. The wave of pump installations has further lowered water pressure, worsening the situation for citizens without pumps.<\/p>\n

The use of pumps is now so widespread that water experts advise residents to also set up small water tanks on their roofs to draw from, to help minimize the pumps’ impact on water pressure. Water pressure has dropped in recent weeks by 30% in some districts, Donya-e Eqtesad reported.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alireza references this article <\/a>by Andrew Follett on The Daily Caller News Foundation<\/strong><\/em>, which reports:<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s\u00a0vice minister of energy for water announced Wendesday that several of the country\u2019s major cities will have a water crisis this summer<\/a>\u00a0and that little could be done to prevent it.\u00a0The minister pointed out that Iran\u2019s per-capita water consumption is nearly twice the global average. The\u00a0crisis has been largely caused by<\/a>\u00a0improper use of groundwater resources, a rapidly growing population, and decades of mismanagement by the government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m somewhat non-plussed by the use of a comparison to a world average, and would be much happier if they had reported average Tehran water usage in terms of percentage of recommended consumption of water for good health for all purposes. If the consumption is substantially above the recommendation then consumption can be reduced without imperiling the health and welfare of the people involved – assuming consumption reduction is spread equally across all inhabitants.<\/p>\n

Alireza reports on sources of water:<\/p>\n

Tehran\u2019s water is mainly supplied by five dams \u2014 Taleghan, Karaj, Mamlo, Latian and Lar \u2014 and 480 deep wells<\/a> located across the city. As no further dams can be built around Tehran, the energy minister has warned that more water will have to be extracted from the wells if the situation gets worse \u2014 a move that could cause health problems for Tehran residents, as more intense extraction activities increase exposure to pollutants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder how climate change will affect water production in that area of the world. Just for fun, here’s a population graph of Iran<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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