Sustainable Water
Management
August 04 - 05, 2009
Introduction:
The quantity and quality of freshwater is decreasing at an alarming pace and existing water resources are under considerable stress. This is the mainly due to the population growth., climate change and water pollution caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides and unchecked dumping of untreated municipal and industrial waste into water bodies. Currently 97% of the freshwater in the Pakistan is used in the agriculture sector and only 3% is available for domestic and industrial use. The shortfall in water availability was40 MAF in year 2000 and projected to 108 MAF in the year 2013. the scarcity of water for agriculture sector and more poverty in rural areas has forced masses to migrate to urban settlements. This migration towards urban areas coupled with unsustainable growth in population puts additional stress on limited water resources. The great challenge for the coming decades will be to meet irrigation water demand to increase food production and provide safe drinking water supply the maintain healthy urban and rural communities. Clearly, meeting this challenging requires paradigm shift in the design, implementation and operation of traditional water management approach. The development of new water resources to meet the increasing demand of water is not a financially and environmentally viable option. Approach based on demand management are now seen as the way forward globally and emphasis is growing on sustainable and integrated water management system.
Keeping the view complex issues associated with the traditional water management in Pakistan and future challenges to sustainable water management, a DelPHE project on the capacity building for urban water demand management has been initiated with the support from the british council. This workshop, as part of the project has been organized to disseminate current advances in the field of sustainable water management.
About the Workshop:
The two day interactive workshop is aimed at disseminating the knowledge and share expertise on “Sustainable Water Management”. The workshop include expert presentations from experienced national and UK based speakers on the following themes:
About the DelPHE Project:
Developing partnership in Higher Education (DelPHE) is British Council initiative aimed at developing capacity in higher education institutions on issues of national importance. This 3 year project on “Capacity Building for Urban Water Management” was launched in 2008 mainly to facilitate information and experience flow university of Exeter, UK to:
The project activities include:
Who Should Attend?
Researcher, scientists, engineers, planners, consultants and NGOs involved in the planning, design and delivery of water, sanitation, irrigation projects and sustainable water management. Participation of post-graduate scholar of the universities involved in the relevant research work will be encouraged.
Registration Procedure:
Please complete the registration form and send to the Chief Organizer before the 15th July, 2009. we also aim to provide accommodation and subsistence to limited number or researches and academicians, particularly female participants, from the higher education institution in Pakistan, working on water demand management related project.
Chief Organizer:
Prof. Dr. Hussain Bakhsh G. Bhutto
DelPHE Project Coordinator (SAU, Tandojam).
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Dr. Abdul Khalique Ansari
DelPHE Project Coordinator (MUET, Jamshoro).
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Bhanger
DelPHE Project Coordinator (NCEAC, Jamshoro).
Prof. Fayaz Ali Memon
DelPHE Project Coordinator (Exeter University, UK).
Prof. Rasool Bakhsh Mahar
DelPHE Project Technical Facilitator (MUET, Jamshoro).
Coordinating Committee:
Prof. Mohammad Saffar Mirjat
Chairman,
Department of irrigation and Drainage (SAU, Tandojam).
Prof. Bakhshal Khan Lashari
Director,
Institute of Irrigation and Drainage (MUET, Jamshoro).
Engr. Mohammad Khan Mari
Director Drainage and Reclamation Center (Tandojam).
Dr. Najma Memon
DelPHE Project Member (NCEAC, Jamshoro).
Dr. Khadija Qureshi
DelPHE Project Member (MUET, Jamshoro).
Engr. Hafeez-u-Rehman Mangio
DelPHE Project Ph.D Scholar (SAU, Tandojam).
Dr. Mehr-u-Nissa Memon
DelPHE Project Member/ Organizing Secretary (SAU, Tandojam).
