Sustainable Lake Water Management; Lake Urmia Basin

The Lake Urmia a key hydrological feature in Urmia Basin located in north-west Iran has catastrophically dried over the past decades due to the natural and human forces. The Lake area has shrunk and the level has fallen 6.22 m from the last record in 2008. This situation could lead to unforeseeable adverse effect on the ecosystem and cause the negative economic and environment challenges. The expansion of agricultural land and increasing the demand for irrigation water has the most negative impact on this ecosystem. Increasing public awareness of this issue along with cooperation among famers and stockholders to implement the adaptive policies could prevent the overwhelming socio-economic and environment crisis.

Keywords:

Sustainable development , Sustainable water management , agricultural management , Lake Urmia