Water Crisis in Iran

Areas like the Middle East and North Africa and Central Asia are seriously affected by water scarcity and precipitation. This article deals with the water crisis in Iran and examines the current situation, its problems and consequences. The results of this study, conducted with help of library studies, show that the water crisis in Iran can be divided into climatic and governance sectors. The climate part, the important problem is that Iran is located in the arid and semiarid part of the world and its precipitation is much lower than the global average. However, this has been reduced due to climate change and droughts have added to the crisis. The governance part, also has very low agricultural productivity, excessive use of water for home use, inappropriate location of water industries, virtual water exports, over-exploitation of underground reserves and implementation of transmission projects In country, that has created an inadequate situation and ethnic disputes over water, the loss of agriculture in some areas, and the drying up of rivers and lakes are consequences.