Category: Water Crisis

Why is Pakistan running dry?

According to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan ranks third in the world among countries facing acute water shortage. Reports by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) also warn the authorities that the South Asian country will reach absolute water scarcity […]

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Water Crisis in Pakistan

Water shortage is the most common recent problem around the globe and according to the UN by the end of 2025 are about 1,800 million people living in “fewer water areas”. Pakistan also faces the inconvenience that we are in third place with a serious water shortage. In Pakistan, it has become a very serious […]

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Waterless Countries in The World

Just 10 Countries account for 60 % of the world,s population without access to clean water. Source. The water gap The state of the world, Water 2018 reported by Wateraid

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Pressure on Natural Resources of Water

The pressure on national water resources by calculating water withdrawal as a percentage of the total renewable water resources. Stress is considered high if TRWR  value is above 25 percent.  

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History of the Kala bagh Dam in Pakistan

Introduction Kalabagh Dam is a proposed hydroelectric Dam on the Indus River  at Kalabagh in the Mianwali District of Punjab Province in Pakistan with electricity generation capacity  3,600 megawatts (4,800,000 hp)  since 1987, but plan of construction of this dam was chalked out in 1954 but due to non availability of funds and non settlement of […]

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Global Water Crisis

The international science and development communities have referred to a global water crisis that is emerging. Looking at the current situation in virtually every region of the world, the facts show that the world water crisis is here. Six key perspectives, water scarcity and insecurity, unsustainable development, water infrastructure deterioration and destruction, water-related disasters and […]

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