Iran launches 2nd phase of water transfer from Persian Gulf

The project was officially launched by President Hassan Rouhani via videoconference after the pipeline flew water into a 300,000-cubic-meter storage at Sarcheshmeh Copper Mine in Rafsanjan County, Kerman province.

Piping the Persian Gulf water to Kerman is a national project to tackle the water shortage crisis which is a source of great concern for people, farmers and industrialists living and working in Iran's desert cities including Kerman in southern Iran.