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Abstract
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The water sector in Iran has to date paid scrimpy
attention to the issue of climate and is often unaware of
its effects on future water resources. Studies will be
needed to determine the effects of water shortage and
draw up adaptation solutions.
Forecasts are not optimistic. Models for Iran water
resources indicate that amount of water per capita will
decrease than 1000 cubic meters in 2025 and Iran will
enter s serious water crisis.
In this paper weather conditions, precipitations and
water resources state of six main basins of Iran are
discussed. Main reasons of water issue in Iran are
population growth, ineffective agriculture and poor
management of water resources and the effect of each
one of them are studied. Finally, effective strategies to
collation and prevent the adverse socio-economic and
political conditions, result of mismanagement and
inefficient use of water resources are discussed.
It is necessary to create a national action plan to ensure
the security of access to safe water for all.
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