Water availability, use and challenges in Pakistan: Water sector challenges in the Indus Basin and impact of climate change
This working paper takes stock of Pakistan's water resource availability, delineating water supply system and its sources including precipitation and river flows, and the impact of increasing climatic variability on the water supply system. In particular, the paper focuses on the current water usage...
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
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| author | Wahaj, Robina Habib, Zaigham Rana, Abdul Wajid |
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| description | This working paper takes stock of Pakistan's water resource availability, delineating water supply system and its sources including precipitation and river flows, and the impact of increasing climatic variability on the water supply system. In particular, the paper focuses on the current water usage and requirements in the agricultural sector, and how changing climatic conditions will affect the consumption patterns. With inflows expected to become more variable in the coming years, the severity of climatic extremities will become more pronounced, driving up water demands in addition to the demand increase from a rising population and urbanization. Over extraction of groundwater resources is also disturbing the water calculus and pushing the country towards a critical demand-supply gap. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1431022024-10-25T07:59:51Z Water availability, use and challenges in Pakistan: Water sector challenges in the Indus Basin and impact of climate change Wahaj, Robina Habib, Zaigham Rana, Abdul Wajid rain water sector crops water water availability agriculture precipitation water resources irrigation evaporation climate change This working paper takes stock of Pakistan's water resource availability, delineating water supply system and its sources including precipitation and river flows, and the impact of increasing climatic variability on the water supply system. In particular, the paper focuses on the current water usage and requirements in the agricultural sector, and how changing climatic conditions will affect the consumption patterns. With inflows expected to become more variable in the coming years, the severity of climatic extremities will become more pronounced, driving up water demands in addition to the demand increase from a rising population and urbanization. Over extraction of groundwater resources is also disturbing the water calculus and pushing the country towards a critical demand-supply gap. 2021-04-01 2024-05-22T12:12:02Z 2024-05-22T12:12:02Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143102 en Open Access Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations Wahaj, Robina; and Habib, Zaigham. 2021. Water availability, use and challenges in Pakistan: Water sector challenges in the Indus Basin and impact of climate change. Islamabad, Pakistan: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). https://doi.org/10.4060/cb0718en |
| spellingShingle | rain water sector crops water water availability agriculture precipitation water resources irrigation evaporation climate change Wahaj, Robina Habib, Zaigham Rana, Abdul Wajid Water availability, use and challenges in Pakistan: Water sector challenges in the Indus Basin and impact of climate change |
| title | Water availability, use and challenges in Pakistan: Water sector challenges in the Indus Basin and impact of climate change |
| title_full | Water availability, use and challenges in Pakistan: Water sector challenges in the Indus Basin and impact of climate change |
| title_fullStr | Water availability, use and challenges in Pakistan: Water sector challenges in the Indus Basin and impact of climate change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water availability, use and challenges in Pakistan: Water sector challenges in the Indus Basin and impact of climate change |
| title_short | Water availability, use and challenges in Pakistan: Water sector challenges in the Indus Basin and impact of climate change |
| title_sort | water availability use and challenges in pakistan water sector challenges in the indus basin and impact of climate change |
| topic | rain water sector crops water water availability agriculture precipitation water resources irrigation evaporation climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143102 |
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