dc.contributor.author	Lytton, Lucy
dc.contributor.author	Ali, Akthar
dc.contributor.author	Garthwaite, Bill
dc.contributor.author	Punthakey, Jehangir F.
dc.contributor.author	Saeed, Basharat
dc.date.accessioned	2021-01-27T19:52:31Z
dc.date.available	2021-01-27T19:52:31Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01
dc.description.abstract	Groundwater is arguably the most poorly understood water resource in Pakistan a country in which matters of water resources are hotly debated on a regular basis. Groundwater has the potential to be the most reliable water resource for Pakistan, providing a buffer against the unpredictability of climate change and the failure of infrastructure designed to deliver surface water. The Indus basin groundwater aquifer in Pakistan holds in storage at least eighty times the volume of fresh water held in the country’s three biggest dams. In the 1960s, large-scale extraction from this underground storage began and has expanded to become an essential input to agriculture and the backbone of domestic water provision. Yet in 2020, Pakistan is on the brink of a lengthy and severe groundwater crisis. Pakistan lacks a comprehensive, reliable system for measuring groundwater extractions and their impact on the resource base. In the face of rising population, the effects of climate change, and the considerable natural lag in groundwater response to management interventions, the failure to tackle these challenges is already impairing national water security and drinking water quality. It was concluded that the lack of good-quality, long-term groundwater data in Pakistan’s Indus basin greatly complicates the task of numerical modeling and reduces the reliability of the results.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/501941611237298661/Groundwater-in-Pakistan-s-Indus-Basin-Present-and-Future-Prospects
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/35065
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35065
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	GROUNDWATER
dc.subject	RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL WATER
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL WATER USE
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	SALINITY
dc.subject	WATER LEVEL
dc.subject	GROUNDWATER QUALITY
dc.subject	WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	INDUS RIVER VALLEY
dc.title	Groundwater in Pakistan’s Indus Basin	en
dc.title.subtitle	Present and Future Prospects	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2021-01-21
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T11:33:01.024082Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/501941611237298661/Groundwater-in-Pakistan-s-Indus-Basin-Present-and-Future-Prospects
okr.guid	501941611237298661
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	090224b0881eadd5_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	32100956
okr.identifier.report	156021
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/501941611237298661/pdf/Groundwater-in-Pakistan-s-Indus-Basin-Present-and-Future-Prospects.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.country	Pakistan
okr.sector	Water, Sanitation and Waste Management
okr.theme	Environment and natural resource management :: Water resource management
okr.topic	Environment::Water Resources Management
okr.topic	Water Resources::Groundwater
okr.topic	Water Resources::River Basin Management
okr.topic	Water Resources::Water Policy & Governance
okr.topic	Water Resources::Watershed Management
okr.unit	Water Global Practice

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