Islamabad: Pakistan Council for Research and Water Recharge (PCRWR) presented its findings, stating that with help from associates, floodwater and rainwater can be used to recharge underground aquifers, according to the news sources. These findings were revealed in a meeting on Thursday titled ‘Recharge Pakistan’, discussing groundwater depletion in the country.
Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam chaired this meeting. Recharge Pakistan is one of the five components of the government’s vision of Clean & Green Pakistan.
The meeting was informed that the PCRWR has established offices across the country including regional and 18 sub-regional setups. Their present work is being shaped by the Pakistan Water Vision, Sustainable Development Goals, National Water Policy 2018 and the National Water Research Agenda (2016-25).
The advisor was told that Pakistan’s freshwater was depleting rapidly because of unregulated pumping (used for agriculture, industries and human consumption).
The PCRWR was directed to come up with counteractive measures regarding the water crisis, water management, rainwater harvesting, and water quality improvement. The department revealed that it was implementing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s technology GRACE for real-time monitoring of underground freshwater reserves. The meeting was briefed on water recharge and freshwater skimming technology for water pumping.
The advisor said that various bodies of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) were also working on similar projects.
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