Water Stress in Zayandeh Roud river basin

Less Water for Hydropower

Electricity
scarcity

Increasing
importation of oil

Tunnel digging for catching
water from other rivers to
increase water inlet in ZRB

Conflicts between
communities

Depletion of
economic resources

Less surfacewater

Increase of
Sandstorms

Pulmonary diseases
increasing

Accumulation of
minerals on Watershed

Increase of
salinity in water

Tousands of Palms
and other plants died

Lost of
vegetable cover

Increase of
evaporation rates

Lost of habitats
for animals

Scarcity of
potable water

Human rights
beeing endangered

Gavkhouni lake
receive less water

Flamingos and fishes
dissapearing

Lost tourism

Lost fishery

Overexploitation of
underground water

Big Sinkholes appearing
all over the land

Lost of many
arable areas

unsustainability
of farms

Poverty

Downstream lands
losing productivity

Migration of the productive force
from land to the cities

Economic dependance
from grants