This document discusses the need for large dams in Pakistan to ensure water security. It argues that large dams are needed due to Pakistan's growing population and water demand, which is projected to exceed supply by 31% by 2025. Large dams provide major water storage capabilities and help regulate water flows between seasons and years. They also provide flood control and hydropower. The document addresses common concerns about large dams, such as arguing they are economically justified and that Pakistan does experience water shortages. It promotes large dams like Diamer-Bhasha as solutions to Pakistan's water challenges.
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1. CECOS UNIVERSITY, PESHAWAR
Department of Civil Engineering
Session 2017
Presentation Topic
ENSURING PAKISTAN’S WATER SECURITY.
A Case for Large Dam.
Student Information
Enrolment No. Name Email ID
CU-268-2017 Syed Qaseem Haider syedqaseemhaider@gmail.com
SUBMITTED TO
ENGR. MUHAMMAD ANEES
2. BACKGROUND
• It will not be out of place to mention that during the last four decades , no major reservoir has been
built in the country.
• The shortfall between water demand and supply that was 11% in 2004, is estimated to reach 31% by
2025. A water shortfall of over 30% in 2025 means further storage requirements of the order of 20
MAF (3-4 large dams).
• Currently, a hot debate is going on in the country on alternate solutions and whether to use large or
small dams to store surplus water during high flow period.
• Proponents of each are forwarding their arguments in favor of their points of view.
• However, in this presentation effort has been made to build a case for constructing large dams to
create the much-needed storage reservoirs in Pakistan.
3. • Small dams have certain limitations like they lose 50% of their impoundments to evaporation due to
high surface area to volume ratio.
• The seepage and percolation losses in these reservoirs are about 20% of their volume against 5% in
large dams.
• Moreover, their small storage volume does not allow seasonal or annual carryover, and there are
safety problems of handling the overflow during extreme flood events.
• Large dams store a huge amount of water that can be used for irrigation, hydropower generation (the
cheapest source of energy), and to meet the environmental flow requirements of the river. These
dams control floods, provide water throughout the year, and act as a buffer during dry season and
dry years.
Why we need large dams ?
BACKGROUND
4. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
• One broad definition largely used by the dam industry is “a dam which is higher than 15 m (taller
than a four-story building)”.
• According to this definition there are more than 57,000 large dams worldwide.
• A sub-classification of large dam is a mega dam with a height exceeding 150 m. There are more than
300 mega dams worldwide.
• China leads the construction of large dams with over 40% of the world’s total (Table 1).
• Pakistan has over 150 large dams as per the broad definition (Table 1) but only two of these can be
classified as mega dams – Tarbela and Mangla.
What constitutes a large dam?
5. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
What constitutes a large dam?
6. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
• The primary reason for constructing dams is creating water reservoirs to enable use during low flow
period.
• Pakistan’s population is increasing at an alarming rate and is expected to exceed 250 million by the
year 2025.
• This will not only exert greater pressure on the already dwindling water resources but will also
present many challenges for food security.
• The shortfall between water demand and supply that was 11% in 2004, is estimated to reach 31% by
2025. A water shortfall of over 30% in 2025 means further storage requirements of the order of 20
MAF (3-4 large dams)
Why We Need Storage Reservoirs?
7. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
▪ Transfer Water from Western to Eastern Rivers. Due to Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) 1960 with India,
Pakistan lost three eastern rivers. Almost no water is now flowing into these rivers except some
wastewater. Therefore, Pakistan needs storage to regulate/transfer water from western rivers to the
eastern rivers to keep these rivers alive and to keep the command areas of these rivers irrigated.
Unfortunately, the dam critics have never bothered to look at the dried eastern rivers and the loss of
ecosystems/livelihood of the people residing in these areas.
▪ Transfer Water Between and Within the Years: Pakistan depends on a single source viz. Indus River
where flow variability over the years and within a year is very high (Fig. 1). In such a case, the
construction of storage reservoirs becomes important to ensure water availability through transfer from
the wet season to the dry season and from the wet years to the dry years.
9. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
▪ Control Floods. One of the major functions of dams and reservoirs is to control floods. Pakistan has
seen some major devastating floods in the past.
• Due to inadequate storage, Pakistan has lost more than 90 MAF of water during the floods of 2010,
2012 and 2014 besides having devastating effects on infrastructure, crops, livestock and human. If
this water had been stored, it could have helped provide water during the low flow period to various
sectors including the Indus delta.
▪ Mitigating Climate Change Impacts. Pakistan is highly vulnerable to impacts of climate change.
According to the Global Climate Risk Index, Pakistan is the world’s 7th most vulnerable country
negatively affected by climate change during the period 1996-2015 and it faces an average annual loss of
USD 3.8 billion (Jan et al., 2017). Therefore, new reservoirs would be needed to account for anticipated
flow variability due to climate change.
10. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
▪ Cheap and Clean Hydropower. Cost of energy is the most important input for any industry. Dams
provide, most of the time, uninterrupted the cheapest and cleanest source of energy as water is a free
input for power production.
Pakistan’s total installed capacity of energy production is about 18,000 MW whereas a single dam in
China (Three Gorges) has more capacity than Pakistan’s total. Due to lack of reliable and affordable
energy, Pakistan’s industry faces huge challenges and many industries have either been closed, shifted
to other countries or are running below their potential. Energy produced through other sources such as
furnace oil is not only many times costly but is also not environment friendly.
11. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
Since the government has started work on the construction of Diamer-Bhasha (8.1 MAF storage with
4500 MW hydropower) and Mohmand (1.239 MAF storage with 800 MW Hydropower) dams, there is an
ongoing debate among various circles on these dams. Some of the frequently debated points are:
▪ Is Pakistan really a water scarce country?
Dr. William Young, World Bank Lead Water Resource Specialist wrote a blog in 2017 on “Five myths
about water in Pakistan”. In this blog, he tried to establish that Pakistan is a water-rich country and the
only issue is the mismanagement of water resources.
According to them, Pakistan’s challenge is not the availability of water, but access by and management
across various sectors, primarily agriculture, industries, municipal services, and the environment.
Increasing demand by all sectors as a consequence of population increase, economic growth, and
climate change will accentuate the need for better cross-sectoral management.
Major Concerns Over the Construction of Large Dams
12. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
▪ Water will not be enough to fill dams. One of the arguments is that there is no additional water to be
stored in the dams. The most recent floods of 2010, 2012 and 2014 have already answered this
question. During these floods more than 90 MAF of water was lost besides having devastating effects on
infrastructure, crops, livestock and humans.
▪ Focus/attention on small dams. Another argument is that instead of investing in large dams, Pakistan
should invest in small dams which are easy to construct and there are less environmental issues related
to them. The Government of Punjab has constructed about 50 small dams over the last four decades.
The total storage capacity of these dams is 0.1 MAF. Therefore, to replace Diamer-Bhasha Dam (capacity
8.1 MAF), 4200 small dams would be needed. Do we have sites for such a high number of small dams?
Moreover, small dams cannot be constructed on large rivers and large dams cannot be constructed on
small rivers.
13. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
▪ Focus attention on water conservation. There is an argument that instead of building large dams,
Pakistan should focus more on water resources management as more than 60% of the water is lost in
the system during conveyance and application in the field.
• It has been reported that by doing so water close to the storage capacity of Diamer-Bhasha Dam can
be saved – a dam equivalent concept.
• Therefore, with the management of the available water resources, cropping intensity, water
productivity and net income of the farmers can be improved. However, no additional water will be
available to inject into the system.
14. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
▪ Large dams are not economically sustainable. One of the main arguments is that large dams require
huge cost and the developed world is no more focusing on large dams. Why do developing countries like
Pakistan need to invest in large dams?
• Young et al., (2019) argued that due to Pakistan’s low economic productivity of water in irrigation and
rapid rates of reservoir sedimentation, it is hard to justify the costs of major new storages
• Hydropower generation does justify new dams, but these could be run-of-the-river facilities (not
storage), with lower social and environmental impacts.
15. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
• However, economic contribution from water-use in hydropower generation is significant. This is
totally a misconception and a misleading statement.
• As mentioned earlier, irrigation produces almost 90% of all food and fiber requirements of the
country and is ranked among the top ten countries of the world in the production of all major crops.
• Besides contributing 19.5% to Pakistan’s GDP, it employs 42% of the labour force, agriculture sector
constitutes 64% of export earnings and provides livelihoods to 62% of the population of the country.
• For example, 40% of Pakistan’s population directly or indirectly benefits from Tarbela Dam and the
cost of the dam was recovered within less than ten years after its completion.
• Through forward and backward linkages in the economy, the total benefits were probably about
twice those of the direct power and irrigation benefits (Briscoe and Qamar, 2006)
16. Large Dams – The Global Scenario
• There is no doubt that large dams are a source of lifeline for the water security of the country.
• Besides providing the cheapest and clean energy, they help control floods, provide water for
irrigation, regulate flow from high flow to low flow seasons, from a wet year to dry year, and can act
as buffer against the vagaries of climate change.
• Construction of small dams and water resources management in all sectors are important; however,
they cannot be an alternative to large dams.
Conclusion