tion ▁of ▁ground water . ▁So ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁q an ats ▁had ▁a ▁better ▁chance ▁to ▁surv ive . ▁After ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁revolution , ▁a ▁special ▁attention ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁q an ats . ▁For ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁a ▁conference ▁on ▁q an at ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁M ash had ▁during ▁which ▁the ▁different ▁options ▁to ▁mit ig ate ▁the ▁problem ▁were ▁expl ored . ▁The ▁organization ▁of ▁Jah ad ▁S az ande gi ▁took ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁re h abil itation ▁of ▁q an ats , ▁and ▁subs id ized ▁their ▁share hold ers . ▁Now ▁the ▁same ▁organization ▁which ▁was ▁renamed ▁as ▁“ Min istry ▁of ▁J ih ad ▁Agricult ure ” ▁is ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁q an ats ▁and ▁continues ▁to ▁grant ▁some ▁funds ▁to ▁the ▁st ake hold ers ▁to ▁maintain ▁their ▁q an ats . ▁During ▁the ▁last ▁years , ▁the ▁parliament ▁has ▁allocated ▁an ▁annual ▁budget ▁of ▁US $ 1 3 ▁million ▁to ▁this ▁min istry ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁construction ▁and ▁maintenance ▁of ▁the ▁q an ats . ▁Many ▁other ▁q an ats ▁may ▁dry ▁up ▁without ▁this ▁budget , ▁because ▁the ▁own ers ▁of ▁the ▁q an ats ▁do ▁not ▁afford ▁to ▁pay ▁the ▁whole ▁exp enses . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁years ▁ 1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 5 ▁the ▁min istry ▁of ▁energy ▁took ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 8 0 3 8 ▁q an ats ▁whose ▁total ▁dis charge