Why Tehran Is Running Out of Water

Iran's inherently scarce water has been horribly mismanaged on a national level, blaming climate change is totally missing the forest for the trees.

For starters explore this rabbithole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Mafia_in_Iran

Iran's situation with water has always been precarious, hence the massive ancient system of channels and aqueducts, which was mostly destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century.

I wonder if, today, the overall brain drain is contributing to the situation. Iranian engineers don't have to put up with the regime's shenanigans if they don't want to. How many of the people who could have managed the situation are abroad?

https://youtu.be/n8kSGH4I8Ps?si=_zN-vfS95gHTgejw

It's a combination of internal and external factors. Internally - wasting water and overpumping underground water table. Externally - climate change and Afghanistan damming couple of rivers flowing into Iran.

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45871043

The effect of climate change may be highly uneven. Some regions will be fine with adaptation, while other places will hardly sustain cities.