1. Role of different Departments
in
Watershed Management
By
Abdullah Khan
Center For Integrated Mountain Research
Punjab University
Lahore.

2. Introduction
• What is Watershed
• Federal level management
• Provincial level management
• NGO’S

3. What is Watershed
A watershed is an area of land that collects and
drains water from high points (hills) to low
points (valleys). When rain falls in a
watershed, the water travels over natural and
manmade terrain features toward the lowest
point. Any area that drains water to one
location is a watershed.

4. Federal level management

5. Water and Power Development
Authority (WAPDA)
• WAPDA establish in 1958.The responsibility
to construct Dams and barrages to store water
for irrigation purpose.
• WAPDA play an important role in watershed
management.
• The responsibility of WAPDA according to
watershed to reduce the sedimentation flow
into the Dams through different Watershed.

6. Indus River System Authority (IRSA)
• IRSA was established in 1992
• The water comes from the Dams and Barrages
to main irrigation system is assessed and
controlled by IRSA.
• IRSA also manages to resolve disputes among
the provinces pertaining to their share of water.
• The primary function of IRSA is to monitor,
regulate and distribute the available river water
resources among the provinces.

7. Pakistan Council of Research in Water
Resources (PCRWR)
• PCRWR was established in 1964
• The PCRWR is mandated to conduct, organize,
co-ordinate and promote research in all fields of
water resources engineering, planning and
management, so as to optimally use the available
land and water resources and to help achieve
sustainability in the agricultural sector.
• Make Pakistan sufficient in water resources for
supplying good quality drinking water for human,
livestock, wildlife, and for irrigation of
agriculture crops as well as for industrial use.

8. Water Quality Management
• Water Quality Testing and Advisory Services
• Development of Low Cost Water Testing and
Water Treatment Technologies
• Provision of Safe Drinking Water to the Public.

9. The National Agricultural Research
Centre (NARC)
• The National Agricultural Research Centre
(NARC) established in 1984, is the largest
research institution of Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council (PARC).
• To conduct high level basic /applied research in
crops, natural resources, livestock, and
agricultural production.
• PARC utilized watershed for maxim crop yield
to manage water from sprinkle and drip irrigation.

10. Global Change Impact Studies
Centre (GCISC)
• (GCISC) was established in May 2002
• The objectives of GCISC are to monitor the
current and the likely future global trends in
areas such as climate, water, food, agriculture,
environment, biodiversity, health and energy
etc., and scientifically determine their impacts
on Pakistan.

11. SOIL SURVEY OF PAKISTAN
(SSP)
• Soil Survey of Pakistan was established in
1962 as Soil Survey Project of Pakistan under
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock. It
was regularized in July 1973 as Soil Survey of
Pakistan an attached department of Ministry
of Food and Agriculture.
• Another development scheme National
Institute of Soil Survey and Land Evaluation
launched in 1974, which was regularized.

12. Objective SSP
• Soil survey, comprehensive inventory of the soil
resources of the country and their proper
utilization.
• To prepare Pakistan soil resource inventory
through reconnaissance surveys and maintain an
updated database concerning the national land
resources.
• To evaluate the land resources for various kinds
of agricultural and non-agricultural
use/development.
• To carry out detailed/semi-detailed soil survey of
project areas and evaluate the project land for
specific types of utilization and development.

13. Pakistan Meteorological Department
(PMD)
• PMD is responsible for astmeateded and
predicted prescription in the watershed area.
• The meteorological observation is also
impotent in the watershed region. The annual
rainfall data is helpful to study the watershed
and the impact of rain fall is observed on
sedimentation load on watershed.
• Flood forecasting division is astmeateded the
flow in river and water Resources.

14. Geological Department
• This department dialed with geology of
watershed and mitigation the geology
hazards.
• To check Geological structure and topography
of watershed.

15. Provincial level management

16. Soil and Water Conservation
Department
• To increase infiltration of soils.
• To improve water holding capacity.
• Harvesting run off.
• To Check soil erosion
• To Develop water Reservoir

17. Forest Department
• Watershed management and upland conservation
provide a means to achieve sustainable land and
water resource management.
• Ground water recharge research.
• Mountain slope development by planting of
forage tree and grass species and by soil
conservation techniques.
• Water conservation techniques: Water
conservation techniques have been developed and
tested in different localities for the establishment
of plantations of forest tree species.

18. Provincial Agriculture Department
• Development & reclamation of culturable
waste land.
• Development of hilly areas, through
terracing.
• Development / improvement of water storage
ponds, mini dams and fish ponds.

19. Provincial Irrigational &Drainage
Authorities (PIDA’S)
• PIDA’S posed such a large number of
operational, maintenance, institutional,
financial & management problem that reforms
of system were considered indispensable.

20. The factors responsible for such
described by PIDA.
• Overall deterioration of system management.
• General lacks of agency responsiveness.
• Inequitable distribution of irrigation water.
• Lower irrigation efficiency.
• Environmental degradation .

21. NGO’S

22. WWF-Pakistan
• WWF Pakistan take part to Aware the public
with respect to watershed.
• Improving Sub-Watershed Management and
Environmental Awareness in the Ayubia
National Park
• Using Micro-Hyde's For Improved Sub-
watershed Management in Swat.

23. International Centre for Integrated
Mountain Development
• To develop, test, and pilot equitable PES
methodologies for watershed services in the HKH
region
• To develop and test, through assessments and research,
suitable watershed management strategies that address
adaptation to climate change
• To build capacities of watershed managers to help scale
up good watershed management practices
• To support policy development in integrated use of
watershed resources.