Water Stress in Zayandeh Roud river basin
insufficient accesible water sources
Downstream lands
losing productivity
Migration of the productive force
from land to the cities
Economic dependance
from grants
Overexploitation of
underground water
unsustainability
of farms
Poverty
Big Sinkholes appearing
all over the land
Lost of many
arable areas
less water releasing
from dams
Gavkhouni lake
receive less water
Flamingos and fishes
dissapearing
Lost fishery
Lost tourism
Accumulation of
minerals on Watershed
Increase of
salinity in water
Scarcity of
potable water
Human rights
beeing endangered
Tousands of Palms
and other plants died
Lost of
vegetable cover
Lost of habitats
for animals
Increase of
evaporation rates
Less surfacewater
Increase of
Sandstorms
Pulmonary diseases
increasing
Less Water for Hydropower
Tunnel digging for catching
water from other rivers to
increase water inlet in ZRB
Depletion of
economic resources
Conflicts between
communities
Electricity
scarcity
Increasing
importation of oil
