Weather modification, solution and innovation to reservoirs water sustainable management (case study: ZayandeRoud reservoir)

Climate change has had devastating effects on water resources in many countries. Many volumes of Iran’s water resources have declined due to climate change. Meanwhile, the use of weather modification methods, especially cloud seeding, is a practical solution to adapt to the climate change impact. In Iran, consecutive droughts and climate change have reduced water resources of dams behind and in some cases, they have completely dried up. Nowadays, cloud seeding is used as the most costeffective method for water harvesting in the world… The results of the evaluation of cloud seeding projects in most parts of the country indicate an average runoff increase of between 10% and 15% during the seeding periods. Zayanderud Dam is one of the big dams in Iran in the Zagros Mountain range its water resources have been significantly reduced by overdraft and climate change. Cloud seeding operations have been performing for many years in the Charmahal and Bakhtiari catchment, which are located upstream of the ZayandeRoud reservoirs as new method to sustainable water resources management of dams. In this article, the results of runoff production by cloud seeding operation will be noted in the ZayandeRoud Dam for 10 years Non-consecutive (2006 – 2016)