Take on The Developments, Challenges, and Rules of Conservation and Exploitation of Iran Water Resources

Document Type : Analytical article

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The incidence of prolonged droughts on the one hand and increasing the exploitation of underground water resources on the other hand, have caused that today in Iran, we see the decreasing of  aquifers levels and crisis in a lot of plains. Moreover, environmental crisis in the country's lakes and wetlands has made more obvious water crisis than ever. Water rules are one of the important tools for control and improvement the exploitation of water resources. In the current study, the operation of laws enacted in the past and evaluated the adequacy of them for conservation of water resources investigated. The Results emphasis on the revision of laws and creation the suitable conditions for implementation.

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