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OKIsItJustMe

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8. Yes, indeed, aquifers are in trouble in many, many places...
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 05:04 PM
Sep 26

In Iran’s case, it’s virtually the entire country!

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024221118

Anthropogenic depletion of Iran’s aquifers



June 14, 2021
118 (25) e2024221118




Spatial distribution of annual average EC (A) and changes in annual average EC from 2002 to 2015 (B). Measured annual average EC indicates very high salinity hazard (EC more than 2,250 µS/cm) in 16 out of 30 subbasins. Also, changes in annual average EC were positive (i.e., deteriorating; red bars) in almost all subbasins (except for the water-rich Anzali and Haraz subbasins; blue bars).

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