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