Pakistan : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy, Water Economy : Running Dry
The water economy of Pakistan depends fundamentally on a gigantic and complex hydraulic infrastructure system. There are now a set of related challenges which have to be addressed - how to maintain what has been built, what major new system-wide infrastructure needs to be built, what infrastructure...
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AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AQUIFER AQUIFERS ARID COUNTRIES ASSET MANAGEMENT AVAILABILITY OF WATER BARRAGES BASINS BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND CANALS CHANNELS CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CHANGE COD CONSTRUCTION CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS DEMAND FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DIVERSION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM EFFLUENT EFFLUENT TREATMENT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FARMERS FLOODING FLOODS FRESHWATER GLACIERS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER TABLE HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLDS HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING HYDRAULICS HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL HYDROPOWER PROJECT INVESTMENT PROGRAM IRRIGATION WATER LARGE DAMS LARGE RESERVOIRS LIMNOLOGY LOCAL WATER LOGGING MANAGEMENT OF WATER NATURAL RESOURCE BASE PESTICIDES PLUMBING POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRESSURE PRIVATE FINANCING PROGRAMS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC WELLS PUBLIC WORKS PUMPING PUMPS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL INTENSITY RECHARGE RESERVOIRS RIPARIAN RIVER BASINS RIVER FLOW RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS ROOT ZONE RUNOFF RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SALINE WATER SALINITY SANITATION SANITATION COVERAGE SCARCE WATER SEA SEDIMENTS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS SILT SNOW SOIL SCIENCES SOILS STORAGE CAPACITY SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS TOWNS TRANSPARENCY URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER CHEMISTRY WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER ENGINEERING WATER ENGINEERS WATER ENTITLEMENTS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER MANAGERS WATER NEED WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER STORAGE WATER STRATEGY WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TABLES WATER TRANSMISSION WELLS |
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AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AQUIFER AQUIFERS ARID COUNTRIES ASSET MANAGEMENT AVAILABILITY OF WATER BARRAGES BASINS BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND CANALS CHANNELS CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CHANGE COD CONSTRUCTION CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS DEMAND FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DIVERSION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM EFFLUENT EFFLUENT TREATMENT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FARMERS FLOODING FLOODS FRESHWATER GLACIERS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER TABLE HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLDS HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING HYDRAULICS HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL HYDROPOWER PROJECT INVESTMENT PROGRAM IRRIGATION WATER LARGE DAMS LARGE RESERVOIRS LIMNOLOGY LOCAL WATER LOGGING MANAGEMENT OF WATER NATURAL RESOURCE BASE PESTICIDES PLUMBING POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRESSURE PRIVATE FINANCING PROGRAMS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC WELLS PUBLIC WORKS PUMPING PUMPS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL INTENSITY RECHARGE RESERVOIRS RIPARIAN RIVER BASINS RIVER FLOW RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS ROOT ZONE RUNOFF RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SALINE WATER SALINITY SANITATION SANITATION COVERAGE SCARCE WATER SEA SEDIMENTS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS SILT SNOW SOIL SCIENCES SOILS STORAGE CAPACITY SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS TOWNS TRANSPARENCY URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER CHEMISTRY WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER ENGINEERING WATER ENGINEERS WATER ENTITLEMENTS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER MANAGERS WATER NEED WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER STORAGE WATER STRATEGY WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TABLES WATER TRANSMISSION WELLS World Bank Pakistan : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy, Water Economy : Running Dry |
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The water economy of Pakistan depends fundamentally on a gigantic and complex hydraulic infrastructure system. There are now a set of related challenges which have to be addressed - how to maintain what has been built, what major new system-wide infrastructure needs to be built, what infrastructure needs to be built for populations who have not been served and for environmental protection, and how to build institutions that will manage the resource effectively in the looming era of scarcity. First is rehabilitation and maintenance. Many elements of the vast hydraulic system are now reaching the end of their design lives, and have to be rebuilt. There is an enormous backlog of deferred maintenance. Second is the urgent need for construction of major new storage on the Indus. Third, there are needs for large investments in meeting the needs of those who do not have water and sanitation services in cities, towns and villages. Fourth, Pakistan has been accumulating an "environmental debt" by not investing in municipal and industrial wastewater. It is clear that this has to change, and that it is going to take large amounts of investments. Fifth and finally, Pakistan has to walk o n two legs - investing simultaneously in infrastructure and in developing the institutions required for the sustainable management of increasingly-scarce water. The resource requirements for all of these priorities are very large. Government faces three essential tasks. First, is to set priorities for the short and medium term. Second, to define the principles which will govern what proportions of the initial and recurrent costs are paid by taxpayers and by users. Third, government has to ensure that the limited financial resources are used very efficiently. This is obviously not happening in the "business-as-usual" model at present. It is going to mean exploring a whole set of mechanisms for introducing competition, for paying for output not inputs, and for increasing accountability. |
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Pakistan : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy, Water Economy : Running Dry |
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Pakistan : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy, Water Economy : Running Dry |
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Pakistan : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy, Water Economy : Running Dry |
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Pakistan : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy, Water Economy : Running Dry |
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Pakistan : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy, Water Economy : Running Dry |
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pakistan : country water resources assistance strategy, water economy : running dry |
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okr-10986-83432021-04-23T14:02:39Z Pakistan : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy, Water Economy : Running Dry World Bank AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AQUIFER AQUIFERS ARID COUNTRIES ASSET MANAGEMENT AVAILABILITY OF WATER BARRAGES BASINS BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND CANALS CHANNELS CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CHANGE COD CONSTRUCTION CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS DEMAND FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DIVERSION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM EFFLUENT EFFLUENT TREATMENT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FARMERS FLOODING FLOODS FRESHWATER GLACIERS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER TABLE HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLDS HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING HYDRAULICS HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL HYDROPOWER PROJECT INVESTMENT PROGRAM IRRIGATION WATER LARGE DAMS LARGE RESERVOIRS LIMNOLOGY LOCAL WATER LOGGING MANAGEMENT OF WATER NATURAL RESOURCE BASE PESTICIDES PLUMBING POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRESSURE PRIVATE FINANCING PROGRAMS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC WELLS PUBLIC WORKS PUMPING PUMPS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL INTENSITY RECHARGE RESERVOIRS RIPARIAN RIVER BASINS RIVER FLOW RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS ROOT ZONE RUNOFF RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SALINE WATER SALINITY SANITATION SANITATION COVERAGE SCARCE WATER SEA SEDIMENTS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS SILT SNOW SOIL SCIENCES SOILS STORAGE CAPACITY SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS TOWNS TRANSPARENCY URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER CHEMISTRY WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER ENGINEERING WATER ENGINEERS WATER ENTITLEMENTS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER MANAGERS WATER NEED WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER STORAGE WATER STRATEGY WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TABLES WATER TRANSMISSION WELLS The water economy of Pakistan depends fundamentally on a gigantic and complex hydraulic infrastructure system. There are now a set of related challenges which have to be addressed - how to maintain what has been built, what major new system-wide infrastructure needs to be built, what infrastructure needs to be built for populations who have not been served and for environmental protection, and how to build institutions that will manage the resource effectively in the looming era of scarcity. First is rehabilitation and maintenance. Many elements of the vast hydraulic system are now reaching the end of their design lives, and have to be rebuilt. There is an enormous backlog of deferred maintenance. Second is the urgent need for construction of major new storage on the Indus. Third, there are needs for large investments in meeting the needs of those who do not have water and sanitation services in cities, towns and villages. Fourth, Pakistan has been accumulating an "environmental debt" by not investing in municipal and industrial wastewater. It is clear that this has to change, and that it is going to take large amounts of investments. Fifth and finally, Pakistan has to walk o n two legs - investing simultaneously in infrastructure and in developing the institutions required for the sustainable management of increasingly-scarce water. The resource requirements for all of these priorities are very large. Government faces three essential tasks. First, is to set priorities for the short and medium term. Second, to define the principles which will govern what proportions of the initial and recurrent costs are paid by taxpayers and by users. Third, government has to ensure that the limited financial resources are used very efficiently. This is obviously not happening in the "business-as-usual" model at present. It is going to mean exploring a whole set of mechanisms for introducing competition, for paying for output not inputs, and for increasing accountability. 2012-06-18T20:16:58Z 2012-06-18T20:16:58Z 2005-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6492396/pakistan-country-water-resources-assistance-strategy-water-economy-running-dry http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8343 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Rural Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Asia South Asia Pakistan |