From crisis to every-drop tracking: How one question pushed Bengaluru toward a real-time water network

Bengaluru's 2024 water crisis exposed a critical data gap, prompting the BWSSB to launch a real-time groundwater tracking network. Thousands of public borewells are now equipped with IoT sensors to ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Iran's Water Crisis Nears Point Of No Return

Iran faces a severe water crisis due to decades of mismanagement and the worst drought in 60 years. Tehran, home to 10 million people, has started water rationing, and officials warn of possible ...
Newsweek

More Cities Run Dry as Iran’s Water Crisis Deepens

Water reserves in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city and one of its most important religious centers, have fallen below 3 percent of capacity, putting the city’s 4 million residents on the brink of a ...
Al-Monitor

Tehran taps run dry as water crisis deepens across Iran

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran is grappling with its worst water crisis in decades, with officials warning that Tehran — a city of more than 10 million — may soon be uninhabitable if the drought gripping the ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Iran's Devastating Drought Crisis Seen From Space

Satellite images of key lakes and reservoirs across Iran reveal the extent of the country's crippling drought crisis. New photos show how water levels have dropped dramatically compared to images ...
THE WEEK

Taps could run dry in drought-stricken Tehran

Decades of mismanagement and environmental exploitation, and an unprecedented drought have left Iran teetering on the edge of a water crisis. With no rain on the horizon, the president has warned that ...
The Conversation

Iran’s capital faces unprecedented water shortages and even possible evacuation. What changes could help?

Nima Shokri receives funding from European Commission for the AI4SoilHealth project. Sanam Mahoozi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...
Newsweek

Evacuation Warning for Iran’s Capital City

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued a dire warning that the Iranian capital could soon face catastrophic water shortages and even evacuation if rain does not fall soon. Speaking Thursday, ...
Foreign Policy

Tehran’s Residents Are Panicking as Taps Run Dry

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The New York Times

As Aquifers Dry Up, Tehran Rations Water and Calls for Rain Prayers

Facing Iran’s worst drought in 60 years, the country’s president warned that the capital might need to be evacuated, and some locals promoted cloud-theft conspiracy theories. By Sanam Mahoozi and ...
Forbes

Iran’s Rain Clouds Aren’t Being Stolen: But Its Drought Is Worsening

29 July 2025- Amir Kabir Dam, one of Tehran’s main water reservoirs, is seen during a worsening drought, with water levels at historic lows- (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images). Rivers ...