Urmia Lake

The surface area of Iran’s largest inland body of water (Lake Urmia) has increased by 68% over the last six years, the Urmia Lake Restoration Project administrator and director of the Planning…

The third phase of Urmia Wastewater Treatment Plant is near completion and is expected to be completed by 2021, managing director of West Azarbaijan Water and Wastewater Company said. “Upon…

Despite the rise in evaporation in Urmia Lake catchment area, the water level is stable and things are normal for now, head of Urmia Lake Restoration Project said Saturday.

Kani Sib Dam project in Piranshahr, West Azarbaijan Province, as one of the sources to supply water to the troubled Urmia Lake, is near completion, head of Urmia Lake Restoration Program said…

With programs to revive Urmia Lake making their mark, over six billion cubic meters of water from dams flowed into the world famous lake and is increasing, the Energy Minister said Thursday at a…

Close to $1 billion has been spent on Urmia Lake Restoration Program over the last five years, an official involved in the Urmia Lake Restoration Program said. Masoud Tajrishi, the ULRP…

A joint Japan-UNDP program to help restore Lake Urmia has entered the next (7th) phase, head of the Wetland Protection Office of the Department of Environment said. “Emphasis of the new phase…

The volume of water in Lake Urmia has surpassed 4 billion cubic meters, up 39% compared to last year same time when it held 2.5 bcm of water, head of the provincial office of Urmia Lake…

To help restore Lake Urmia, close to 270 million cubic meters of water will be gradually discharged into the troubled lake from four dams in West Azarbaijan Province over the next two months,…

Lake Urmia water level is on the rise following good rainfall that started last year and restoration programs carried out recently.  The programs include efficient management of surface…

To revive the desiccated Urmia Lake $250 million will be allocated in the next fiscal year that will start in March 2020, the first vice president said. “The government is determined to restore…

In the framework of the Lake Urmia Restoration Project, water from Shahrchay and Boukan dams was discharged into the troubled lake on Sunday, managing director of West Azarbaijan Regional Water…

Measures taken to revive Lake Urmia in recent years helped the flow of 4.6 billion cubic meters of water into  the drying lake. The volume of water in the world famous lake now is almost…

A UN-backed tech event aimed at tapping the potentials of local startups and tech firms to boost efforts for restoring Urmia Lake will be held in November. Dubbed Festival of Innovative Ideas…

Close to 1.6 billion cubic meters of water evaporated from Urmia Lake in the last 90 days, head of the Base Studies Department of East Azarbaijan Water Company said. “Due to evaporation, the…

Around 2.46 billion cubic meters of water has been released from dams in West Azarbaijan Province into Lake Urmia since the beginning of the current water year (last September), managing…

Close to 60 million cubic meters of treated wastewater enters Urmia Lake every year, the managing director of West Azarbaijan Water and Wastewater Company said. “Part of the water from…

Soil, water and electricity projects in West Azarbaijan Province were inaugurated Tuesday in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani and Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian. The development plans…

An estimated 2.7 billion cubic meters of water has been released from dams in West Azarbaijan Province, namely Boukan Dam into Urmia Lake since the beginning of the current water year (September…

The project to divert water from Kani Sib Dam in West Azarbaijan Province to Urmia Lake has had a work-in-progress rate of 73% since 2016, the head of Urmia Lake Restoration Program said. "The…

The Urmia Lake Restoration Project is two years behind schedule due lack of timely allocation of funds as well as local communities’ unawareness of the critical conditions, according to top…

Environmental experts say a portion of Urmia Lake in its southern side can never be filled with water again and officials have envisioned instead a plan to turn the area into a natural reserve…

Construction of an artificial pond in East Azarbaijan Province, illegally using the water share of the troubled Urmia Lake, was immediately put to a stop on the order of the Department of…

Efforts on saving water within the drainage basin of the long-disturbed Lake Urmia are reaching the target, with a 32% decrease in water usage, a senior water authority in West Azarbaijan Said…

Scientific studies have indicated that the transfer of water from the Caspian Sea and Turkey's Van Lake to Urmia Lake is not feasible due to differences in the chemical and biological qualities…