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Water Crisis Essy Outline and Complete
Water Crisis Essy Outline and Complete
Water Crisis Essy Outline and Complete
ii. Industrialization
i. Infant’s mortality
A. Natural Causes:
ii.Climate Change
The water crisis in Pakistan is both a supply and a demand side issue
with various contributing factors at play. On achieving statehood in
1947, the country held 5,300 cubic meters of water per capita, which
has now been reduced to 1000 cubic meters. The relevant data shows
that Pakistan is inching towards a severe water crisis. Reports by the
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) as well as the Pakistan
Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has alerted that the
country will reach absolute water scarcity by the year 2025. At present
Pakistan is facing a shortage of around 33 Million Acre Feet (MAF) of
water. According to a 2015 IMF report, the demand for water is
projected to reach 274 MAF by 2025, while supply is expected to remain
stagnant at 191 MAF, resulting in a demand-supply gap of
approximately 83 MAF. According to one UNO report Pakistan is at the
7th position in the world facing the water crisis. According to this
report, water scarcity in Pakistan could lead to serious political issues in
the coming years. At the moment about one-third population of
Pakistan lacks access to safe drinking water which is leading to many
water-borne diseases. The Falkenmark Water Stress Indicator sets
1,000 cubic meters per capita as the threshold where water shortage
starts hurting economic growth. This figure was 5,650 cubic meter per
capita in 1947 and has come down to 850 cubic meters in 2017 put us in
the list of water-starved countries. This figure is going to come down to
500 cubic meters by the year 2025.