A comprehensive review on water pollution, South Asia Region: Pakistan

R Noor, A Maqsood, A Baig, CB Pande, SM Zahra… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Pakistan is one of the most water-polluted country in the South Asia Region. Drinking water
is contaminated with microbial and toxic metals throughout Pakistan. The values of different …

Water management in Pakistan's Indus Basin: challenges and opportunities

S Janjua, I Hassan, S Muhammad, S Ahmed… - Water Policy, 2021 - iwaponline.com
Abstract The Indus River System is a major source of life in Pakistan. A vast array of
Pakistan's agricultural and domestic consumption needs are critically dependent on the …

Water scarcity and sustainability in an emerging economy: a management perspective for future

D Zhang, MS Sial, N Ahmad, AJ Filipe, PA Thu… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water scarcity is rising as a global issue, because the planet earth is facing a global water
crisis, which is considered something that can destroy environmental sustainability of our …

Combining downscaled-GRACE data with SWAT to improve the estimation of groundwater storage and depletion variations in the Irrigated Indus Basin (IIB)

A Arshad, A Mirchi, M Samimi, B Ahmad - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The growth of agricultural production systems is a major driver of groundwater depletion
worldwide. Balancing groundwater supply and food production requires localized …

Groundwater quality, health risk assessment, and source distribution of heavy metals contamination around chromite mines: Application of GIS, sustainable …

A Rashid, M Ayub, Z Ullah, A Ali, T Sardar… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Groundwater contamination by heavy metals (HMs) released by weathering and mineral
dissolution of granite, gneisses, ultramafic, and basaltic rock composition causes human …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring and prediction of high fluoride concentrations in groundwater in Pakistan

Y Ling, J Podgorski, M Sadiq, H Rasheed… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Concentrations of naturally occurring fluoride in groundwater exceeding the WHO guideline
of 1.5 mg/L have been detected in many parts of Pakistan. This may lead to dental or …

Analyzing past and future trends in Pakistan's groundwater irrigation development: Implications for environmental sustainability and food security

A Razzaq, H Liu, M Xiao, K Mehmood… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Since the last four decades, groundwater irrigation has played a critical role in improving
crop production and rural livelihoods. However, the flawed policies have allowed farmers to …

Towards sustainable water use: Factors influencing farmers' participation in the informal groundwater markets in Pakistan

A Razzaq, M Xiao, Y Zhou, M Anwar, H Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Informal groundwater markets have spontaneously developed in Pakistan due to the
heterogeneity of farmers' resource endowments, irrigation water shortages, and productivity …

The competitiveness, bargaining power, and contract choice in agricultural water markets in Pakistan: implications for price discrimination and environmental …

A Razzaq, H Liu, Y Zhou, M Xiao… - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pakistan is the world's third-largest user of groundwater and the fourth-largest groundwater
withdrawing country. The Indus Basin aquifer from where Pakistan withdraws its …

Impact of participation in groundwater market on farmland, income, and water access: Evidence from Pakistan

A Razzaq, M Xiao, Y Zhou, H Liu, A Abbas, W Liang… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Groundwater irrigation has a critical role in the sustainability of arable farming in many
developing countries including Pakistan. Groundwater irrigation is generally practiced to …