Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hydrology In KP, surface water is found in the form of springs, precipitation, lakes, streams, Provincial Snapshot rivers and glaciers. Ground water is found as aquifers and alluvial deposits. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KPs rich hydrology needs KP's water comes from 6,100 km of rivers and streams, 6,400 ha of lakes optimized resource distribution and 54,600 ha of dams and reservoirs which also serve as fish farms for and utilization to bring maximum around 3,200 tons of harvest per year. benefit to the people. Kunhar River Siran River Haro River MAJOR RIVERS IN Total Water Allocated to KP Indus River Daur River KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 8.78 MAF Khan Pur Dam Actual Water Utilized Total surface flow is about 29.51 MAF which includes 5.97 MAF Mingora Soan River Tarbela Dam 4 MAF flows of the erstwhile Irrigation Domestic/Industrial Wasted FATA rivers and Zams 5.37 MAF 0.6 2.81 Topi Ghazi Brotha Barrage KPs Anual Surplus Downstream Kotri Barrage Swabi Indus River Amandara H/W 2.81 MAF Chashma Barrage Kalpani National Surplus dumped into the Arabian Sea! Nullah Taunsa Barrage Kalabagh Barrage 29 MAF Mardan Naushehra Kohat Toi D.I.Khan (40 months worth of KPs supply Kohat Munda H/W needs is wasted every year.) Panjkora River Peshawar Tank Kabul River Tanda Dam
CATCHMENT AVG ANNUAL Bannu SUB BASIN NAME Khyber AREA (SQ.KM) FLOW (MAF) Pakhtunkhwa Kurram Ghari H/W SWAT RIVER SWAT 14,000 3.54 River System Baran Dam PANJKORA RIVER DIR 13,000 2.60 Kurram River Gomal Zam KABUL RIVER CHITRAL 66,000 19.00 E SIRAN RIVER HAZARA 1,255 0.47 Kaitu River N Tochi River S KURAM RIVER 4,552 1.52 W TOCHI RIVER 4,938 GOMAL ZAM 8,651 Major Canal System in KP About 3,000 civil canals have an approximate 750,000 acre CCA TANK ZAM 2,357 Length (Km) Discharge (Cusec) CCA (Acres) SHEIKH HAIDER ZAM 453 2.47 CHODWAN ZAM 921
DRABAN ZAM 1,096 841.6 3,600 281,000 308.8 1,940 134,500 121.6 250 44,888 25.6 1000 10,531 198.4 595 107,414 121.6 800 72,000 89.6 363 31,600 267.2 800 170,500 724 3,000 350,000 264 870 113,049 256 600 107,500 75.8 125 11,363 149 75 11,250 39.31 200 25,000 TOTAL 117,223 29.6
RAINFALL POTENTIAL KP has comparatively better rainfall average. Taking climate into the account, the trend shows: Siran CRBC Pehur Bannu Warsak 2019 Marwat Scheme Scheme Paharpur Irrigation Balambat Tanda Dam Pehur Main Upper Swat Kabul River 2040 Lower Swat (KP Portion) Canal System Canal System Canal System Canal System Canal System Canal System Canal System Canal System Canal System Winter Spring Summer Fall Canal System Bazai Irrigation High Level Canal Level High
OUT TAKES IN THE SYSTEM GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION The exact groundwater potential of the province is not known. The combine losses of moisture by evaporation and transpiration due to temperature, Groundwater extraction for Wind and topography. Evapotranspiration losses of KP are about 0.043 MAF. agriculture and domestic use is 4.02 4.02 3.97 0.05 MAF. There are 37,117 tube wells IRRIGATION/LIVESTOCK/DOMESTIC including those for drinking water. Overall KP Tube Wells Tribal Dist. Surface water is mainly used for irrigation and livestock. Domestic needs are almost completely met by groundwater. 30% of the groundwater is also used in agriculture. In tribal districts, surface water potential is 3.99 MAF and groundwater is 0.117 MAF. P&D Department Financial Assistance The annual demand is just 0.12 MAF with a surplus of 3.94 MAF. ON FARM LOSSES Government of These in KP are reportedly 51% - although this water remains in the system by either Khyber Pakhtunkhwa joining the aquifer or the rivers. Yet, an efficient use of water for water efficient crops may save it for more agricultural area and increase crop per drop of water. www.pndkp.gov.pk