Factors Causing Iran's Water Crisis, Obstacles and Suggestions

Most in this study, the factors causing the water crisis in Iran include population growth, migration and unequal distribution of population, occurrence of drought, high reliance on agricultural economy and inadequate management. The long-term challenges due to water crisis include: the share of total renewable freshwater resources, loss of access to renewable water per capita, water quality, groundwater depletion, natural disasters, the gap between supply and demand, increasing uncompleted projects, Water waste and irrigation system inefficiencies, user competition and water wars and environmental degradation. Finally, the findings, policy conclusions and recommendations are presented.