BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb.1
Trend:
Iranian Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade announced the beginning of the second and third phases of the Persian Gulf water transfer project in the near future.
Alireza Razm Hosseini attended a meeting to review the beginning of the second and third phases of the Persian Gulf water transfer project to the Central Plateau of Iran (Kerman, Yazd, Semnan, Isfahan, South Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces) on Sunday, Trend reports citing Mehr News Agency.
He said that this water transmission project will affect security and social stability, development, prosperity, and also providing sustainable drinking water to the eastern regions of the country.
In addition, he says that the project of transferring water from the Persian Gulf to the Central Plateau of Iran will increase Iran's share of the Persian Gulf waters.
According to Iranian media, this is the first of such projects to supply desalinated water to desert areas.
Iran has developed a new technology to desalinate water for regions that are more frequently affected by drought, including areas in and around deserts.
With the implementation of this project, the country’s desalination capacity is going to increase by 50 percent.
This project aims to promote production, industry, and agriculture, as well as provide drinkable water to residents in arid areas.
Maintaining the country’s food security and creating new job opportunities and also maintaining the already existing jobs in industrial and production units are also other merits of the mentioned project.