Pakistan’s Water Economy : Running Dry

Pakistan’s Water Economy : Running Dry

With an average rainfall of under 240 milli-meters a year, Pakistan is one of the world's most arid countries. The population and the economy are heavily dependent on an annual influx of water into the Indus river system that emanates from the...

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Main Authors:	Briscoe, John, Qamar, Usman
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE ARID COUNTRIES ASSET MANAGEMENT AVAILABILITY OF WATER CLIMATE CHANGE CONSTRUCTION CROP YIELDS CUBIC METER CUBIC METER OF WATER DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DRAINAGE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS FARMERS FLOODING FLOODS GLACIERS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER PUMPING HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES HYDRAULICS HYDROLOGY INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT IRRIGATION IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY LARGE DAMS LIMNOLOGY LOCAL WATER NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OPERATORS POLLUTION PRIVATE OPERATORS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS QUANTITIES OF WATER RAINFALL RIVER FLOW RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS SALINITY SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SCARCE WATER SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE QUALITY SILT SMALL DAMS SNOWMELT SOIL SCIENCES STORAGE CAPACITY SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER SUPPLY TOWNS TRANSPARENCY URBAN WASTES USE OF WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER CHEMISTRY WATER ENTITLEMENTS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER MANAGEMENT WATER PROJECTS WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10026781/pakistans-water-economy-running-dry http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11746

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10026781/pakistans-water-economy-running-dry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11746