{"id":1457,"date":"2023-09-03T16:57:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poraab.com\/?page_id=1457"},"modified":"2023-10-07T16:39:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T13:09:21","slug":"solutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poraab.com\/en\/solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sustainable Balanced Plain Model"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prior to addressing the sustainable balanced plain model, it would be prudent to summarize the country's conditions in the areas of water, energy, and agricultural economics.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Where is the main problem?<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\t
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The climate of Iran is semi-arid, which, due to climate change and global warming, is on the path to becoming arid. More than 80% of water resources in Iran are allocated to agricultural use, while only 8% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) is attributed to the agricultural sector. Annually, the groundwater level in Iran decreases by an average of 50-100 centimeters, several times the global average. In the best case, irrigation efficiency in the agricultural sector, according to the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad, is about 30 percent. In a word, we are rapidly depleting groundwater resources (our most valuable and strategic territorial asset), while the financial and economic benefits derived from this consumption are not proportional for the stakeholders in this area. Consequently, stakeholders are not inclined to reduce water and energy consumption because they do not sufficiently benefit from it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Many Complexities of Water Resources Management and Its Challenges<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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The challenge of trust<\/strong><\/h2>

In the water sector, the government's insistence on applying formal controls, along with the failure to implement existing laws or their unfair implementation, the lack of transparent information about the amount of recharge and withdrawal of each aquifer, and the failure to attract stakeholder participation in the water resources management process, has led to the challenge of water resource users' lack of trust in decision-makers and each other, which has led to competition for faster and greater withdrawals instead of collaborating to manage common resources.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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The Challenge of Responsibility<\/strong><\/h2>

There is no proportionality between the duties defined in the law for the Ministry of Energy and regional water companies and the authority of these organizations to implement them. The regional water company needs the support of the entire government to carry out its legal duties in protecting water resources. The experience of 35 years since the Fair Water Distribution Law has shown that establishing coordination between the various branches of government to implement these tasks has made their implementation virtually impossible.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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The Challenge of New Water Applicants<\/strong><\/h2>

Due to the country\u2019s development needs, there is always a demand for new water uses. In Iran, part of this demand is driven by political and social pressure on the Ministry of Energy and regional water companies. The Ministry is forced to meet these demands either through structural projects (such as building dams and tunnels, various rain-making projects, and deep-water exploration) or by turning a blind eye to the over-extraction of existing water resources (such as unauthorized well drilling, over-extraction from authorized wells, etc.), which has led to water bankruptcy and a lack of trust.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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The Challenge of Water Bankruptcy<\/strong><\/h2>

Socio-political pressures due to the country's increasing development have led to water bankruptcy; this means that the total allocated water rights, committed water, and withdrawal permits issued by the government exceed the total water capacity of the plain. Development requires new water, and the government, as the ultimate authority responsible for meeting this need, has been compelled to provide new water through various structural projects or, where sufficient water supply is not feasible, to allocate existing water to multiple users.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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The Challenge of Water Governance<\/strong><\/h2>

The Ministry of Energy is simultaneously responsible for both the supply and protection of water resources. Even within the text of the Fair Water Distribution Law, these two contradictory missions coexist. Unfortunately, when these responsibilities conflict, long-term goals and missions are often sacrificed for immediate ones.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Considering the above challenges, the Sustainable Balanced Plains Model has been designed and presented, aimed at addressing these challenges and saving water:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Sustainable Balanced Plain Model<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\t
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The Sustainable Balanced Plain Model Plan was created with the understanding that, while monitoring and control tools such as meters are effective in reducing water and energy consumption, optimizing consumption is a challenge driven mainly by economic and social factors. Without considering the interests of all stakeholders and securing these interests, and without the sincere and logical acceptance of the plan by stakeholders, all activities and efforts will not lead to meaningful and sustainable improvements as they should. The solution to the challenges of water, energy, and agricultural economics is not merely control tools like meters. Instead, these tools are part of a complex, multi-stage, and multi-sector process, with many critical components not directly related to monitoring tools.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

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The Sustainable Balanced Plains Model Plan is based on the following fundamental axes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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Control and management of water and energy consumption<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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Improving the livelihoods and economies of stakeholders, with an emphasis on farmers as the primary actors in the agricultural economy supply chain<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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Environmental protection and stabilization of groundwater aquifers<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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Keywords of the Sustainable Balanced Plains Model:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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Transparent Plains Information Bank<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\t
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To ensure the plan remains operational, two structures have been envisaged: the Plain Trustee and the Plain Assignee.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Water Quota Bank<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\t
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The Water Quota Bank is a platform in which the annual water quota (annual permitted withdrawal volume) of each user is allocated to their well that has a valid exploitation license. On this platform, each user can review and manage the total volume of their annual water quota, including the consumed and remaining amounts, along with the start and end dates of its validity. Reviewing this information in an integrated manner allows for better and more accurate management of the water quota during irrigation and agricultural periods. In addition to viewing their annual water quota, users can also monitor the total water quota allocated to all wells in the plain. This transparency of information in the bank will increase the trust and responsibility of water users towards groundwater resources, resulting in savings and increased productivity.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n