Integrated Water Resources Management of Kabul River Basin:

Country:

• Afghanistan

Clinet:

• Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW),Afghanistan

Objective:

• Assessment of potential water resources of the basin.
• Assessment of future water demands (municipal, agricultural, industrial and hydro electric).
• Guideline for integrated water resources management to meet future needs and introducing projects for construction.

Status of project:completed in 2014
Location:East Afghanistan .
Services: Master plan studies
Foreign cooperator: DHI - Denmark
Stage of studies:

• Evaluating the potentials of water resources in the basin
• Assessment of future water demands (municipal,agricultural,industrial and hydro-electrical)
• Compiling integrated water resources management approaches to meet future demands by defining new executional projects

Technologies used:

• Capturing precipitation data from satellite images
• Providing land use maps from satellite images
• Integrated water resources modeling using simulation software in GIS.
• Wide range utilization of database systems and GIS.

Basin area:53000 km²
Start year: 2002
Ending year: 2006

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