The first meeting of the series of urban water regeneration symposium with the support of the general department of environment and sustainable development of Tehran Municipality.
The Urban Livability Think Tank has started an effort to hold a series of meetings to raise awareness of urban water restoration concerns. For this reason, the first session of the series of symposiums on urban water restoration with the theme of “decentralized management of municipal wastewater” was held on February 26, 2017 in the conference hall of the general department of environment and sustainable development of Tehran Municipality.
The names of the participants are as follows:
 | The head of Water and Soil office of the Department of Environment | Ali Moridi |
 | Professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Tehran and Tehran City Council Advisor | Alireza Nabi Bidhendi |
 | Member and secretary of the Engineering Services Committee of the Central Council of the Building Engineering System Organization of the Country and Tehran City Council Advisor | Ali Tabarestani |
 | Deputy of Environment and Sustainable Development, Municipality of Tehran | Saeid Ahmari |
 | Head of Technical Affairs, Civil Engineering & Standardization & Crisis Management Department | Alireza Noori |
 | Chief Commercial Officer der AHK Iran | Khashayar Nivipour |
 | Secretary of the Water and Wastewater Companies Association | Bahram Fayazi |
 | Board Chairman of Amatis Rabin Consulting Engineers | Shahram Hashemi Marghzar |
 | Managing Director of PAKANDISHAN Environmental Engineering Consultancy | Seyed Mehdi Hashemian |
 | Environmental Counselor of the Dutch Embassy | Reza Mousavifar |
 | Director of Education of the Building Engineering System Organization of the Country | Mohammad Hesamaldin Ghiasi |
 | Rahim Tabar Construction Group Manager | Kambiz Rahimtabar |
 | Head of Wastewater Management Group of Water and Soil office of the Department of Environment | Eghbal Rostami |
 | Head od Urban Livability Think Tank | Seyed Oveis Torabi |
In this meeting, the challenges ahead in decentralized wastewater management in Iran were discussed by the participants. These challenges include the following:
- Low prices of sanitary water in cities
- Problems in technology and knowledge
- Governance Challenges
- Lack of local governance mechanism
