Iran seeks to draw funds for water transfer project
Iran is seeking foreign and domestic investment for a project to
transfer water from north of the country to central areas, a senior
official said.
Alireza Daemi, the deputy energy minister for planning affairs, has
said that the best way for implementing the project is through
foreign and domestic investment, Fars news agency reported.
Under the plan, the country will filter and transfer 200 million
cubic meters of water annually from the Caspian Sea to the Great
Salt Desert (Kavir-e Markazi in Persian, a large desert lying in
the middle of the Iranian plateau) including the Semnan Province,
he said.
Given the amount of water in the Caspian Sea the project will not
have a negative impact on its water level, the official added.
In October 2012, the Iranian energy ministry received the
permission to transfer water from the Caspian Sea to central
parts.
In December 2013, Iranian deputy energy minister Sattar Mahmoudi
said that Iran has finished preliminary studies for transferring
water from the Caspian Sea to inland.
However, Iran’s Environment Protection Organization opposed the
plan suggesting the project may harm the ecosystem.
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