Impact of Urbanization on Rawal Lake Inflows and Water Quality: Assessment of Water Quality of Rawal Lake Islamabad - Couverture souple

Awais, Muhammad; Shah, S.M.Saeed; Ullah, Zaka

 
9783659125157: Impact of Urbanization on Rawal Lake Inflows and Water Quality: Assessment of Water Quality of Rawal Lake Islamabad
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659125156 ISBN 13 : 9783659125157
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Importance of Water for the livelihood of human beings is inevitable. This study is carried out to perceive the impact of ever increasing urbanization in the catchment of Rawal Lake inflows and quality of Water. Rawal Lake is constructed on Korang River and supplies water for domestic use to Rawalpindi city and Cantonment Area. The results argues that the urbanization in the catchment is increasing with a very high % specially the population in the last eleven years has increased up to 85% at a growth rate of 5.7%, while the built up land has increased 9%. On the other hand area under forest has decreased up to 10%. As a result of enhance in urbanization flows have decreased even though there is no major transform noticed in rainfall which is evident that urbanization has decreased the flows. Urbanization also has an adverse effect on quality of water which is found biologically unfit for human consumption. It has also contributed to the amount of suspended sediment in the flows.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Importance of Water for the livelihood of human beings is inevitable. This study is carried out to perceive the impact of ever increasing urbanization in the catchment of Rawal Lake inflows and quality of Water. Rawal Lake is constructed on Korang River and supplies water for domestic use to Rawalpindi city and Cantonment Area. The results argues that the urbanization in the catchment is increasing with a very high % specially the population in the last eleven years has increased up to 85% at a growth rate of 5.7%, while the built up land has increased 9%. On the other hand area under forest has decreased up to 10%. As a result of enhance in urbanization flows have decreased even though there is no major transform noticed in rainfall which is evident that urbanization has decreased the flows. Urbanization also has an adverse effect on quality of water which is found biologically unfit for human consumption. It has also contributed to the amount of suspended sediment in the flows.

Biographie de l'auteur

Engr. Muhammad AwaisAgri-Engr,(NABSAP) Ministry of National Food Security & Research,Government of Pakistan. As Agri-Engr since Jan- 2010 till now.M.Sc. (Engineering Hydrology),2010CEWRE, UET, Lahore-PakistanB.Sc. (Agricultural Engineering),2004 University of Agriculture Faisalabad-PakistanAlso served PARC, OFWM, R&D-I&P department

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659125156
ISBN 13 
9783659125157
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
108
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