Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond
The apportionment of waters of the Indus River System between the provinces of Pakistan is widely hailed as a historic agreement. This agreement (herein referred to as the Accord) was signed into effect in 1991, just over 25 years ago. The Accord lacks a clearly stated objective and hence it is diff...
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American Society of Civil Engineers
2018
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| author | Anwar, Arif A. Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif |
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| description | The apportionment of waters of the Indus River System between the provinces of Pakistan is widely hailed as a historic agreement. This agreement (herein referred to as the Accord) was signed into effect in 1991, just over 25 years ago. The Accord lacks a clearly stated objective and hence it is difficult to review the Accord against its objective. This paper presents a detailed thematic review of the Accord and interprets the literature and data sets that have become available over the last 25 years. Although the Accord leaves room for interpretation, which is often biased to a particular perspective, an obvious starting point that has been highlighted in the literature is to improve water accounting in the Indus basin and to clarify and document the Operating Rules. Over the next 25 years, demographic change, socioeconomic change, and climate change in the Indus Basin will place this Accord under increased scrutiny. |
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| spelling | CGSpace966132025-03-11T09:50:20Z Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond Anwar, Arif A. Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif legislation agreements treaties water accounting water resources water allocation water distribution water use environmental flows infrastructure monitoring The apportionment of waters of the Indus River System between the provinces of Pakistan is widely hailed as a historic agreement. This agreement (herein referred to as the Accord) was signed into effect in 1991, just over 25 years ago. The Accord lacks a clearly stated objective and hence it is difficult to review the Accord against its objective. This paper presents a detailed thematic review of the Accord and interprets the literature and data sets that have become available over the last 25 years. Although the Accord leaves room for interpretation, which is often biased to a particular perspective, an obvious starting point that has been highlighted in the literature is to improve water accounting in the Indus basin and to clarify and document the Operating Rules. Over the next 25 years, demographic change, socioeconomic change, and climate change in the Indus Basin will place this Accord under increased scrutiny. 2018-01 2018-08-21T06:38:01Z 2018-08-21T06:38:01Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96613 en Open Access American Society of Civil Engineers Anwar, Arif A.; Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif. 2018. Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 144(1):1-13. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000831 |
| spellingShingle | legislation agreements treaties water accounting water resources water allocation water distribution water use environmental flows infrastructure monitoring Anwar, Arif A. Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond |
| title | Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond |
| title_full | Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond |
| title_fullStr | Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond |
| title_short | Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond |
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| topic | legislation agreements treaties water accounting water resources water allocation water distribution water use environmental flows infrastructure monitoring |
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