Water resource is a necessity for sustaining life on earth.
According to an IMF report, Pakistan ranks third among countries most affected by water scarcity.
It said the country touched the “water stress line” in 1990 and crossed the “water scarcity line” in 2005.
And worst of all is that the authorities have given no indication that they plan to do anything about any of this increasing water shortage.” The UN report also highlights that the most immediate threats to the masses would be of increasing water shortage, and Neil Buhne, UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Pakistan, said, “No person in Pakistan, whether from the north with its more than 5,000 glaciers, or from the south with its ‘hyper deserts’, will be immune to this.” Recent flash floods as a result of heavy rainfall have been witnessed in different areas of Pakistan for instance Lahore and Faisalabad.
Recycling at household level would also help in solving the problem.
For gardening purpose, use simple rainwater barrels.
Apart from it, rain garden could be constructed so that it reuses water that would otherwise run off into the sewage systems.
For the agriculture system, irrigation management practices may solve the problem.
Along with the rain-fed management practice, some techniques are the use of supplemental irrigation and water harvesting techniques, such as rain catchment systems and weirs or sand dams.
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