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Iranians have traditionally been harnessing water resources ingeniously and efficiently throughout their rich history; however, over the last four decades, the rapid pace of development, demographic expansions, overurbanization, disintegrated large agricultural expansions, and perhaps most importantly climate change and variation have taken their toll on a barely stable water resources supply/demand chain. As such, the country is now facing a water deficit in general and moderate to severe scarcity in many of its water-related development and mainstream operations.
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Yazdandoost, F. (2020). Iran’s Water Policy. In: Zekri, S. (eds) Water Policies in MENA Countries. Global Issues in Water Policy, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29274-4_4
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