Impact of Upstream Dams on Water Availability in Peshawar Basin

This study focuses upstream dams on Kabul river in Afghanistan and its economic effects on unavailability of water in Peshawar and linked areas near Kabul river in Pakistan. Kabul River originates in the Hindu Kush Mountains in central Afghanistan and flows eastward cities of Kabul, Surobhi, and Jal

Project Title

Impact of Upstream Dams on Water Availability in Peshawar Basin

Project Area of Specialization

Augmented and Virtual Reality

Project Summary

This study focuses upstream dams on Kabul river in Afghanistan and its economic effects on unavailability of water in Peshawar and linked areas near Kabul river in Pakistan. Kabul River originates in the Hindu Kush Mountains in central Afghanistan and flows eastward cities of Kabul, Surobhi, and Jalalabad. The Kabul River run past Peshawar and Nowshera and joins the mighty Indus River near Attock, northwest of Islamabad. If Afghanistan builds more upstream dams on this river, impact will be strongest on Peshawar, Nowshera, and Charsada, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Decrease in water flow there will reduce water availability and crop productivity in the three currently fertile districts of Peshawar and linked areas with Kabul river. To find solution for water availability in Peshawar basin, use of water from Kabul river as drinking or household purposes will be focused and also lack of water availability from Kabul basin will be studied. Also, possible solutions for strongly impacts of upstream dams on Kabul river will be monitered using hydrological techniques in GIS & Remote sensing.

Project Objectives

• Use the modelling approach to calculate the water availability to downstream of Warsak Dam. 
• Identify the major gaps and suggest the possible solutions. 

Project Implementation Method

• Using Arcmap and QGIS software. 
• Using hydrological techniques in GIS.

Benefits of the Project

• Key gaps will be identified and highlighted to the policy makers to bridge these critical gaps. 
• Water availability will be calculated based on real time scenarios and alternative sources will be identified to fulfill the requirements of water in the basin. 
• Benefit sharing concept can be promoted as already being done in various basins of the world like Colorado River Basin as an example.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The final deliverable technical detail will of Software Simulation results and Theoretical. 

Final Deliverable of the Project

Software System

Core Industry

Others

Other Industries

Core Technology

Others

Other Technologies

Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and Clean Energy, Climate Action

Required Resources

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