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Article: IRAN: IRAN'S WATER CRISIS PERSISTS.
- Article from:
- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- November 11, 2002
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Deputy Energy Minister Reza Amrollahi said at the 4 November conclusion of the Second International Exhibition of Water, Water Installations, and Sewage [sic] that per capita water consumption in Iran is twice the global average (150 liters per day vs. 75 liters per day), according to IRNA. Although Amrollahi said that water is scarce in Iran, another 4 November IRNA report said that there is no need for water rationing in Iran this year due to satisfactory levels of rainfall. News reports from the provinces suggest that the water shortage continues and the recent relief that Sistan va Baluchistan Province enjoyed was short-lived. Abdolreza Daneshvar, governor of the ...