Water Stress in Zayandeh Roud river basin
Increasing water demand
Poor farming
practices
Inefficient
irrigation methods
unfulfilled
subsidies & Promises
Political
mismanagement
cultivation of
water-intense crops
Subsidies (for
profitable crops)
Increase of
Industrialisation
High water use
per-capita
Increasing
urbanisation
Pursuit of
economic development/
Higher standard of living
Rural to Urban
migration
Abandonment
of farms
Low water price
Political
Mismanagement
lack of education
about water use
Low water
reuse
Inefficient
sewage system
Decreasing water suppply
Higher Pollution
of water
Extensive use
of fertilisers
Poor soil
Physical Conditions
increase of
Sinking level
of groundwater
More Boreholes
Lower
Surfacewater
Increasing
temperature
Climate change?!
Decreasing
precipitation