Iran, Islamic Republic of

14 articles in Iran, Islamic Republic of

MIDDLE EAST WATER IN BRIEF Vol 13, Issue 5 (May 2012)

The construction wing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Energy to construct a 100 million m3/yr (274,000m3/d) RO desalination plant on the shore of the Caspian Sea.

MIDDLE EAST WATER IN BRIEF Vol 12, Issue 11 (November 2011)

* Omar Al Wahaibi, the chief executive of Haya Water, has left the Muscat wastewater controller to join Oman’s Electricity Holding Company.

Finding a private solution to underinvestment Vol 12, Issue 5 (May 2011)

Iran is looking to tap the stock market, among other methods, to bring in money for its water supply companies, and satisfying long-running privatisation goals. As always, subsidy of the water sector is a major stumbling block.

WWTP opening boosts foreign hopes in Iran Vol 12, Issue 5 (May 2011)

The huge wastewater treatment plant recently completed in South Tehran did not mark a national financial change, as its backers hoped. Despite the difficult financial history, the project can now serve as a model for the future.

MIDDLE EAST WATER IN BRIEF Vol 12, Issue 1 (January 2011)

* Details are emerging of structural changes at the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) and its subsidiaries, following the appointment of Ahmed Mubarak Al Mazrouei as chairman last month.

In Brief - Middle East Vol 10, Issue 5 (May 2009)

Septech and GE are understood to have been awarded a contract to provide a 25,000m3/d containerised SWRO plant in Muscat, Oman.

Iranian DBOs inch forward Vol 8, Issue 5 (May 2007)

May could prove to be the pivotal month for a pair of water treatment plants in Iran.

Iran needs desalination to fuel economic growth Vol 8, Issue 4 (April 2007)

Iran needs an additional 1.27 million m<sup>3</sup>/d of desalination capacity by 2015. How will the private sector react?

Iran’s installed desalination profile Vol 6, Issue 7 (July 2005)

(See: <b>Oil and gas boom to drive Iranian desal projects</b>) Iran is not among the group of countries with the highest installed desalination capacities. In fact, growth will have to start from a relatively low installed base.

Meeting the challenge Vol 6, Issue 1 (January 2005)

Each country in the region faces its own particular challenges. Water Market Middle East looks at how they are responding.