Lake Urmia restoration program

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  • Ancient rock-cut tomb to undergo restoration after years of vandalism 2024-08-28 17:51

    Ancient rock-cut tomb to undergo restoration after years of vandalism

    TEHRAN - The Sun Rostam rock-cut tomb, located south of Iran’s Kermanshah, is set to undergo restoration after suffering years of vandalism.

  • Second project on reviving Lake Urmia to be inaugurated 2023-06-25 15:08

    Second project on reviving Lake Urmia to be inaugurated

    TEHRAN – The wastewater treatment plant of the city of Urmia, as the second project aimed at reviving Lake Urmia, will come on stream in the near future.

  • Govt. to complete Lake Urmia restoration plans 2022-10-11 17:52

    Govt. to complete Lake Urmia restoration plans

    TEHRAN – The government's policy is to finalize and complete the previous plans for the restoration of Lake Urmia, the deputy head of the Department of Environment for marine environment and wetlands, has said.

  • No prospect for Lake Urmia revival: expert 2022-09-17 18:30

    No prospect for Lake Urmia revival: expert

    TEHRAN – The restoration of Lake Urmia is unlikely in the current conditions, Hessam Ahmadi Birgani, an environmental professor at Urmia University, has said.

  • Lake Urmia in grave peril 2022-07-13 17:02

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Lake Urmia in grave peril

    TEHRAN – Lake Urmia started to dry up in the 2000s, and although it revived at some point over the past few years, it is in serious danger these days.

  • Human factors hold 69% share in drying of Lake Urmia 2022-06-12 16:55

    Human factors hold 69% share in drying of Lake Urmia

    TEHRAN – Researchers realized that the situation of Lake Urmia in the last 20 years is not fully related to lack of rainfall, which shows that the share of human factors has been higher.

  • Lake Urmia level drops by 59cm 2022-02-05 17:08

    Lake Urmia level drops by 59cm

    TEHRAN – Lake Urmia level shrank by about 59 cm compared to the same period last [Iranian calendar] year (March 2020-March 2021), Javad Mohammadi, West Azarbaijan province’s water company chief, said on Saturday.

  • Lake Urmia provided with 32% of water right 2021-12-31 17:06

    Lake Urmia provided with 32% of water right

    TEHRAN – Some 32 percent of the projected water right for Lake Urmia has been provided over the past water year (September 2020 – September 2021), an inflow of 1.1 billion cubic meters of water.

  • Lake Urmia volume increased by 30m cubic meters 2021-11-21 17:22

    Lake Urmia volume increased by 30m cubic meters

    TEHRAN – The volume of water in Lake Urmia has reached 2.48 billion cubic meters, which shows an increase of 30 million cubic meters compared to the last [Iranian calendar] month (September 23- October 22).

  • Drought reduces water release into Lake Urmia 2021-11-03 18:06

    Drought reduces water release into Lake Urmia

    TEHRAN – A shortage of water caused by drought across West Azarbaijan province reduced Lake Urmia’s water intake by 400 million cubic meters during the last water year (September 2020-September 2021), IRNA reported on Wednesday.

  • Lake Urmia shrinks by 61cm 2021-10-16 18:29

    Lake Urmia shrinks by 61cm

    TEHRAN – Lake Urmia level has decreased by about 61 cm compared to last [Iranian calendar] year (March 2020-March 2021), Mehran Nazari, West Azarbaijan province’s department of environment chief, said on Saturday.

  • Lake Urmia 2021-09-21 18:24

    Lake Urmia shrinks by over 1,500 km2

    TEHRAN – Lake Urmia’s surface area has decreased by 1,546 square kilometers compared to the same date last year, Yaser Rahbardin, CEO of West Azarbaijan Province’s Regional Water Company, has stated.

  • Lake Urmia restoration prescribed for Bakhtegan Wetland 2021-09-12 16:36

    Lake Urmia restoration prescribed for Bakhtegan Wetland

    TEHRAN – A restoration plan and model of sustainable agriculture previously implemented on the catchment area of Lake Urmia will be extended to Bakhtegan Wetland in Fars province.

  • Artemia: a multi-million-dollar source of income in Lake Urmia 2021-08-22 18:22

    Artemia: a multi-million dollar source of income in Lake Urmia

    TEHRAN – Artemia of Lake Urmia is of great commercial value and if exported, it will be a multi-million-dollar source of income for the country, Salman Zaker, a member of the Majlis (Iranian parliament) has said.