Pakistan Dumps $21 Billion Worth Water Into The Sea Each Year.

[American Pakistani]

Pakistan dumps $21bn worth of water in the sea each year: IRSA

Nadir GuramaniNovember 02, 2017

The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) told the Senate Forum for Policy Research on Thursday that Pakistan dumps water worth approximately $21 billion into the sea each year due to a lack of water conservation systems.

In a meeting of the forum, chaired by Nayyar Husain Bukhari, members of Irsa and the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) made shocking revelations while briefing attendees about Pakistan's lack of water conservation systems and water distribution to provinces.

"The country needs three Mangla-sized dams to conserve the amount of water that goes to sea each year," Irsa members told the meeting while informing them that Pakistan faces a 36 per cent shortage in its water requirements at the moment.

If no water reservoirs are made, the country faces an extreme water shortage in the coming years, Irsa members said as they endorsed the long-overdue creation of the Kalabagh Dam.

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Pakistan can only store up to 30 days' worth of water, while India can store up to 320 days' worth, Irsa members informed the meeting while stressing upon the need for more reservoirs in the country.

"Kalabagh dam can be completed in five years," a PCRWR member said, but told officials that the Akhoori Dam can also be developed as an alternative to Kalabagh.

"Do not talk about the Kalabagh Dam after three provinces have voted against it; discuss alternative plans with us," said Jahanzeb Jamaldini.

The inflow of rivers Indus, Chenab, Kabul and Jehlum has dropped and as a result, this year's crop may be severely affected, Irsa members informed the meeting.

Water levels in Islamabad are falling by one metre each year and six metres in Balochistan, Irsa officials warned the officials. PCRWR members warned that out of 43 lakes in Pakistan, the levels of 26 have dropped drastically in the past few years, while the country remains without a National Water Policy.

To top it all off, the country's population is on the rise at an alarming rate which is also adding to its water woes, PCRWR told the meeting.

"Shortage is a common problem; the question is what are we doing to deal with it," the meeting's chair responded.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1367885

If true, then this is serious criminal act of politicians. If I'm not wrong, one report says Pakistan will have not enough water by 2025 and here this report says that Pakistan is wasting $21 Billion Worth Water every year.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Even if we had a yearly target of saving water in water towers we could have conserved alot of water

 

[VCheng]

"Shortage is a common problem; the question is what are we doing to deal with it," the meeting's chair responded.

Good question, but what was the answer in the meeting?

 

[litman]

kalabagh dam ka masla ham nay hamasha k liay dafan ker dia hay. visionary politicians. dont know how much they get from the enemy forces to keep pak away from making progress.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Till we have Zardari / PPP the issue of Kalabagh dam will not be resolved it's a political ticket for votes in Sindh

 

[Maxpane]

 

[niaz]

The notion of water “wasted” if allowed to flow into the sea is totally wrong and this article appears to be written by somebody who has no regard for the ecosystems. Floods water flowing into the Arabian Sea provide broad benefits under-appreciated by the common man.

These benefits cannot be replicated any other way. Dams restrict the amount of water that flows in rivers and into estuaries. The most significant benefit of the floods lies in their role in improving habitat in floodplains, rivers, and estuaries. In other words, floods despite causing severe damage on land are an important ecosystem attribute.

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The report points out that more than 2.2 million hectares of land has been swallowed by the sea over the last 30 years or so. Today less than 126 million tonnes of silt was deposited on the coast mainly by Indus River whereas 400m tonnes of sediment used to be amassed there in the past, extending land by 30 metres over the years.

Loss of mangrove forests from 260, 000 hectares in the 1970s to 160, 000 hectares by the 1990s and further to barely 80,000 hectares in 2001 is a major cause of soil erosion. Three coastal cities in Pakistan’s Sindh province, including the country’s financial capital Karachi, would be submerged by 2060 if the current trends of sea erosion in the Indus delta and coastlines continue unchecked. That was the unambiguous message delivered by National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) chief Dr Asif Inam to parliamentarians last month.

While Badin and Thatta would drown by 2050, Karachi, a sprawling city of over 20 million people, would go under by 2060, Inam said at the briefing to the Senate committee on science and technology.

Unquote.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1255161


I am for building Kalabagh dam as part of the flood magement sytem but we must realise that long term effect of too many dams can be extremely serious. There have been quite a few studies conducted on working out a balance between water stored in the dams and the amount that must be allowed to flow into the sea to keep pushing the sea back. One such is available here.

https://journal.gnest.org/sites/default/files/Submissions/gnest_01912/gnest_01912_published.pdf


I do not know what the writer of this article is trying to prove. Does he think that he is the only one with brains and all other Pakistanis are idiots?

Without doubt there is a sever water shortage in Pakistan and with the increase in population among the highest in the world; it going to get worse. To overcome water shortage, in addition to the dams we must build water desalination plants, employ root zone water system for the agriculture, rainwater harvesting and waste water recycling.

But no must be allowed to turn Pakistani province of Sind into a barren desert to resolve short term water shortage.

 

[Path-Finder]

Borderline criminal in fact unforgivable.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

I was just having conversation with my father and stated , Pakistan throws away so much water in sewers and sea , that if it had bottled the flowing water and sold it to other countries

Technically we would be selling real GLACIER water

Instead we have Nestle company which takes our own water and then sells it back to Pakistanis and makes a cool profit from it



The stuff I see happening , vs what it should be in ideal case , tremendous amount of difference

 

[My-Analogous]

Pakistan dumps $21bn worth of water in the sea each year: IRSA

Nadir GuramaniNovember 02, 2017

The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) told the Senate Forum for Policy Research on Thursday that Pakistan dumps water worth approximately $21 billion into the sea each year due to a lack of water conservation systems.

In a meeting of the forum, chaired by Nayyar Husain Bukhari, members of Irsa and the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) made shocking revelations while briefing attendees about Pakistan's lack of water conservation systems and water distribution to provinces.

"The country needs three Mangla-sized dams to conserve the amount of water that goes to sea each year," Irsa members told the meeting while informing them that Pakistan faces a 36 per cent shortage in its water requirements at the moment.

If no water reservoirs are made, the country faces an extreme water shortage in the coming years, Irsa members said as they endorsed the long-overdue creation of the Kalabagh Dam.

ADVERTISEMENT

Pakistan can only store up to 30 days' worth of water, while India can store up to 320 days' worth, Irsa members informed the meeting while stressing upon the need for more reservoirs in the country.

"Kalabagh dam can be completed in five years," a PCRWR member said, but told officials that the Akhoori Dam can also be developed as an alternative to Kalabagh.

"Do not talk about the Kalabagh Dam after three provinces have voted against it; discuss alternative plans with us," said Jahanzeb Jamaldini.

The inflow of rivers Indus, Chenab, Kabul and Jehlum has dropped and as a result, this year's crop may be severely affected, Irsa members informed the meeting.

Water levels in Islamabad are falling by one metre each year and six metres in Balochistan, Irsa officials warned the officials. PCRWR members warned that out of 43 lakes in Pakistan, the levels of 26 have dropped drastically in the past few years, while the country remains without a National Water Policy.

To top it all off, the country's population is on the rise at an alarming rate which is also adding to its water woes, PCRWR told the meeting.

"Shortage is a common problem; the question is what are we doing to deal with it," the meeting's chair responded.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1367885

If true, then this is serious criminal act of politicians. If I'm not wrong, one report says Pakistan will have not enough water by 2025 and here this report says that Pakistan is wasting $21 Billion Worth Water every year.

I know what is coming next and if some international firm said that then we should invite them to have investment on it. Win win situation for both

 

[S.Y.A]

The notion of water “wasted” if allowed to flow into the sea is totally wrong and this article appears to be written by somebody who has no regard for the ecosystems. Floods water flowing into the Arabian Sea provide broad benefits under-appreciated by the common man.

These benefits cannot be replicated any other way. Dams restrict the amount of water that flows in rivers and into estuaries. The most significant benefit of the floods lies in their role in improving habitat in floodplains, rivers, and estuaries. In other words, floods despite causing severe damage on land are an important ecosystem attribute.

For example

Quote

The report points out that more than 2.2 million hectares of land has been swallowed by the sea over the last 30 years or so. Today less than 126 million tonnes of silt was deposited on the coast mainly by Indus River whereas 400m tonnes of sediment used to be amassed there in the past, extending land by 30 metres over the years.

Loss of mangrove forests from 260, 000 hectares in the 1970s to 160, 000 hectares by the 1990s and further to barely 80,000 hectares in 2001 is a major cause of soil erosion. Three coastal cities in Pakistan’s Sindh province, including the country’s financial capital Karachi, would be submerged by 2060 if the current trends of sea erosion in the Indus delta and coastlines continue unchecked. That was the unambiguous message delivered by National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) chief Dr Asif Inam to parliamentarians last month.

While Badin and Thatta would drown by 2050, Karachi, a sprawling city of over 20 million people, would go under by 2060, Inam said at the briefing to the Senate committee on science and technology.

Unquote.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1255161


I am for building Kalabagh dam as part of the flood magement sytem but we must realise that long term effect of too many dams can be extremely serious. There have been quite a few studies conducted on working out a balance between water stored in the dams and the amount that must be allowed to flow into the sea to keep pushing the sea back. One such is available here.

https://journal.gnest.org/sites/default/files/Submissions/gnest_01912/gnest_01912_published.pdf


I do not know what the writer of this article is trying to prove. Does he think that he is the only one with brains and all other Pakistanis are idiots?

Without doubt there is a sever water shortage in Pakistan and with the increase in population among the highest in the world; it going to get worse. To overcome water shortage, in addition to the dams we must build water desalination plants, employ root zone water system for the agriculture, rainwater harvesting and waste water recycling.

But no must be allowed to turn Pakistani province of Sind into a barren desert to resolve short term water shortage.

this what I studied in elementary geography, it is surprising to see that members here are still unaware of the dangers of sea invasion and how this river system helps us to combat it.

also, not just soil erosion by the sea, but the underground seeping of salt water from the sea because of lesser amount of river water reaching the delta has caused the land to become unsuitable for cultivation.

other than that some species of fish supposedly need a balance of sweat and salt water to breed and grow in the delta region. disturbing this balance will eventually result in the ending of livelihood of hundreds and thousands of fishermen of Pakistan.

dams should only be used for flood control from here on, and not starving down river areas of water.

The notion of water “wasted” if allowed to flow into the sea is totally wrong and this article appears to be written by somebody who has no regard for the ecosystems. Floods water flowing into the Arabian Sea provide broad benefits under-appreciated by the common man.

These benefits cannot be replicated any other way. Dams restrict the amount of water that flows in rivers and into estuaries. The most significant benefit of the floods lies in their role in improving habitat in floodplains, rivers, and estuaries. In other words, floods despite causing severe damage on land are an important ecosystem attribute.

For example

Quote

The report points out that more than 2.2 million hectares of land has been swallowed by the sea over the last 30 years or so. Today less than 126 million tonnes of silt was deposited on the coast mainly by Indus River whereas 400m tonnes of sediment used to be amassed there in the past, extending land by 30 metres over the years.

Loss of mangrove forests from 260, 000 hectares in the 1970s to 160, 000 hectares by the 1990s and further to barely 80,000 hectares in 2001 is a major cause of soil erosion. Three coastal cities in Pakistan’s Sindh province, including the country’s financial capital Karachi, would be submerged by 2060 if the current trends of sea erosion in the Indus delta and coastlines continue unchecked. That was the unambiguous message delivered by National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) chief Dr Asif Inam to parliamentarians last month.

While Badin and Thatta would drown by 2050, Karachi, a sprawling city of over 20 million people, would go under by 2060, Inam said at the briefing to the Senate committee on science and technology.

Unquote.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1255161


I am for building Kalabagh dam as part of the flood magement sytem but we must realise that long term effect of too many dams can be extremely serious. There have been quite a few studies conducted on working out a balance between water stored in the dams and the amount that must be allowed to flow into the sea to keep pushing the sea back. One such is available here.

https://journal.gnest.org/sites/default/files/Submissions/gnest_01912/gnest_01912_published.pdf


I do not know what the writer of this article is trying to prove. Does he think that he is the only one with brains and all other Pakistanis are idiots?

Without doubt there is a sever water shortage in Pakistan and with the increase in population among the highest in the world; it going to get worse. To overcome water shortage, in addition to the dams we must build water desalination plants, employ root zone water system for the agriculture, rainwater harvesting and waste water recycling.

But no must be allowed to turn Pakistani province of Sind into a barren desert to resolve short term water shortage.

here is the news report, happened back in 2005:

According to them, because of non-release of river water downstream Kotri, some 2.2 million acres of fertile land had so far been devoured by sea in the Thatta coastal belt alone and the Indo Nali, Tariro Shakh, Khirani tributary, Sher Khan minor and other channels of sweet water had completely dried up.

The team noted that the release of at least 10 million acres feet river water downstream Kotri was necessary for the survival of the delta but it had not received the required water over the past couple of years. The situation has paved way for invasion of mainland by brackish water of sea.

https://www.dawn.com/news/383448

the sea intrusion may may still be continuing