Iran: Desalinated Water for 17 Provinces
The Energy Minister of Iran, Reza Ardakanian said feasibility studies have been launched to supply 17 provinces across the country with desalinated water from the sea.
Turkish Troops Cut Off Drinking Water in Hasakah, Syria: Report
Turkish troops and their allied militants cut off drinking water supplied to civilians in the Hasakah city in northeastern Syria, a report said.
Rouhani to inaugurate water, electricity projects
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will inaugurate four major water treatment and electricity generation projects in Tehran.
Wasting Water Falls by 23% in Badrud
TEHRAN – Director of Water and Waste Water Company of Badrud in a radio program said that Badrud Region is not under coverage of water supply project of Isfahan city, and drinking water of the town is provided through 6 wells whose water pressure is 120 liters per second.
Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water
A novel technology was developed by Indian-origin researchers that can clean water twice as fast as commercially available ultrafiltration membranes. The advance brings hope for countries like India where clean drinking water is a big issue. According to a team from the Washington University in St. Louis. More than one in 10 people in the […]
Water, power projects worth $5.7b offered to private sector
Some 46 power and water projects at the value of 243 trillion rials (about $5.7 billion) were offered to the private sector during a ceremony attended by Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri on Tuesday. The offered projects to the private sector include Ofoq Power Plant (in the southwestern province of Khuzestan) with the capacity of […]
New Properties of Water Discovered
A team of scientists has uncovered new molecular properties of water — a discovery of a phenomenon that had previously gone unnoticed. Liquid water is known to be an excellent transporter of its own autoionization products; that is, the charged species obtained when a water molecule (H2O) is split into protons (H+) and hydroxide ions […]
ICT Ministry to help promote smart irrigation to overcome water shortage
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology plan to support smart irrigation in a bid to help deal with water shortage in the country, ILNA reported. The plan was proposed in an agreement signed by ICT ministry and the Ministry of Agriculture on Sunday. Through smart irrigation, water usage decreases by 35 percent, […]
China finances water supply project in Khuzestan prov
A Chinese company signed an agreement – within the framework of joint venture (JV) contract – with Iran on financing water supply project in northeastern part of Khuzestan province. For this purpose, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between Khuzestan Water and Power Authority (KWPA) and Chinese SEPCO for launching water supply project in […]
The maddening ‘plink, plink’ of dripping water decoded
In the middle of the night it becomes a form of psychological torture, the insidious “plink…” (wait-for-it) “plink…” (wait-for-it) “plink…” of drops falling, one-by-one, into water. Scientists said Friday that they had finally cracked the “dripping tap” enigma and know exactly how the sound is generated. In 1908, Arthur Mason Worthington published a treatise, “A […]