800,000 people die annually in the world due to the consumption of contaminated water/ 97% of Iranians have access to safe drinking water

According to the economic reporter of Fars news agency, water is one of the most important substances in nature, which the life of all living beings depends on, in this regard, in order to attract more attention from the world, including governments, experts, people and other organizations, March 22 corresponds to the second of Farvardin every year. The year has been named as World Water Day and on this day macro policies are outlined in order to overcome the current conditions and drought crisis.

Although the world’s ruling intellectual system recently has a plan for the importance of water, the Islamic view of water resources is far beyond human needs, and in the thinking of Islam, as the best plan for human life, water is the source of light and purity, so that It is said in our hadiths: “When you want to purify yourself, flow towards the water as if you are going towards the mercy of God Almighty, who has appointed water and purity as the key to His prayers and as a sign to guide people to Himself.” (Imam Sadiq) (AS), Misbah al-Sharia and Miftah al-Haqeeqah, chapter 10)

* The place of water among Muslims

If today the world community intends to draw the attention of people and decision-makers to this issue through the water conference and naming days after water, 1400 years ago in our holy book, the Holy Quran, the human being was reminded to think about water and be thankful for this great blessing. Is.

In one of the 63 verses that are directly related to water in the Holy Qur’an, it is said that (And He is the God who sent the winds to give good tidings of the rain of His mercy in advance, and We sent down pure and pure water from the sky until it rained on the dry and dead earth. make it alive and water all of what We have created from cattle and humans).

In addition to Islam’s attention to water in West Asia and regions such as Iran and Mesopotamia, water has been one of the most important pillars of civilization, and as the whole world knows, one of the founders of Persian civilization wrote in the Apadana wall painting that God saved this country from the enemy, from drought and protect from lies

* Water supply and sewage network in ancient Iran

In this regard, drought and lack of water as a source of damage to people’s livelihood has always been the concern of the people of this region. Also, drinking water supply networks and even sewage networks can be seen thousands of years ago in the remaining remains of historical cities of Iran, such as what can be seen today in the burnt city or Dezful.

Despite the valuable experiences of the people of West Asia in the issue of water, colonialism and bellicosity of an arrogant minority has caused more than 4 billion people in the world to suffer from the water problem and 800 thousand people die every year due to the use of contaminated water. .

In other words, the other countries that today are shouting slogans for water and its preservation, once used water to make life difficult for many people, and the widespread problems that can be seen today all over the world and in countries that have been living war and are colonized are caused by This is the problem.

In this regard, Mohammad Javad Motazadi, a water expert, said in an interview with Fars reporter: Once upon a time in West Asia, Western countries used water as a divisive element to plunder the countries’ resources in the shadow of this division.

This water expert emphasized: Once upon a time in Afghanistan, the Americans prepared a lot of poppy cultivation by using water tools to spread the shadow of war in the whole country by taking advantage of this product.

* Details of drinking water supply for Iranian people

In Iran, after the people’s revolution of 1357, the program to improve people’s welfare centered on water has been put on the agenda, and now 99.9% of the urban population and 85.6% of the rural population of Iran have access to sustainable drinking water. Meanwhile, the statistics in the world inform about the suffering of people in this field, 800 thousand people die every year due to the use of unhealthy water.

In order to reach this high percentage, about 150 thousand kilometers of water transmission lines, 360 thousand kilometers of water distribution network and 328 units of water treatment plants with a capacity of 15.75 million cubic meters are active day and night, and 690 units of water laboratories are active in order to supply sanitary water to 21 million household branches. he does.

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