Water Management in South Asia

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
South Asia

scholarly journals Water Politics between Pakistan and India: An Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-199
Author(s):  
Muhammad Javed ◽  
Israr Rasool ◽  
Dr. Ghulam Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Indus River ◽  
Water Politics ◽  
Operation Mechanism ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Water Treaty

Pakistan is blessed with rich natural resources in which water resources are the major ones. Yet the level of this important resource has been reached at an alarming level due to myriad factors such as misuse, mismanagement, and politics in water sectors at both levels national and international. The study is presenting an overview of the state of the Indus Water Treaty, Indus River Basin, and conflict between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT). The focus of the study is to reveal the hegemony of India on international waters and its relations with the outer world. Moreover, the research study has presented root causes of the water crisis, hydro politics in the South Asia region, the hegemony of India on international waters. Water management policies and co-operation mechanism is required between Pakistan and India to cope with the challenge of water shortage.

Introduction: A Harmonized Approach Towards Water Management in South Asia

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Sumana Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Habibullah Magsi ◽  
Sucharita Sen ◽  
Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
South Asia

scholarly journals Sustainability Assessment of the Water Management System for the Boukan Dam, Iran, Using CORDEX- South Asia Climate Projections

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1723
Author(s):  
Farzad Emami ◽  
Manfred Koch
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Water Demand ◽  
Hydrologic Model ◽  
Supply System ◽  
Water Supply System ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Group Index

The present study aimed to quantify the future sustainability of a water supply system using dynamically-downscaled regional climate models (RCMs), produced in the South Asia Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) framework. The case study is the Boukan dam, located on the Zarrine River (ZR) of Urmia’s drying lake basin, Iran. Different CORDEX- models were evaluated for model performance in predicting the temperatures and precipitation in the ZR basin (ZRB). The climate output of the most suitable climate model under the RCP45 and RCP85 scenarios was then bias-corrected for three 19-year-long future periods (2030, 2050, and 2080), and employed as input to the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) river basin hydrologic model to simulate future Boukan reservoir inflows. Subsequently, the reservoir operation/water demands in the ZRB were modeled using the MODSIM water management tool for two water demand scenarios, i.e., WDcurrent and WDrecom, which represent the current and the more sustainable water demand scenarios, respectively. The reliability of the dam’s water supply for different water uses in the study area was then investigated by computing the supply/demand ratio (SDR). The results showed that, although the SDRs for the WDrecom were generally higher than that of the WDcurrent, the SDRs were all <1, i.e., future water deficits still prevailed. Finally, the performance of the water supply system was evaluated by means of risk, reliability, resiliency, vulnerability, and maximum deficit indices, and the combination of the indices to estimate the Sustainability Group Index (SGI). The findings indicated that, compared to the historical period for both the water demand scenarios, WDcurrent and WDrecom, the average SGI of each RCP would be decreased significantly, particularly, for the more extreme RCP85 scenario. However, as expected, the SGI decrease for the WDrecom was less than that of the WDcurrent, indicating the advantage of implementing this more sustainable water demand scenario.

scholarly journals South Asia Climate Change Risks in Water Management

10.1596/29685 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafik Hirji ◽  
Alan Nicol ◽  
Richard Davis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Climate Change Risks

South Asia’s unresolved water disputes to prove costly

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Water Stress ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
South Asia ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indus Waters Treaty ◽  
Regional Water ◽  
India And China

Subject Water disputes in South Asia. Significance The deterioration in India-Pakistan relations is exacerbating their long-standing water dispute and testing the viability of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). High-stakes water disputes between India and Bangladesh, and India and China are also unresolved. Impacts Population growth, coupled with climate change, will increase regional water tensions. Poor internal water management will deepen the water stress. Federal constraints in India will impede its cooperation with Bangladesh on the Teesta river dispute.

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