Availability of water in the Kabul Basin, Afghanistan.
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TextSeries: ; (Fact sheet ; 2010-3037)Publication details: [Reston, VA] : International Water Resources Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2010.Description: 4 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - Pamphlet TD 313 .A3 .A93 /2010/ + /PDF/(3.72MB)
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Caption title.
“May 2010”.
“prepared in cooperation with the Afghanistan Geological Survey under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development”—at head of title.
“USGS science for a changing world ; USAID”—at head of title.
Abstract: The availability of water resources is vital to the social and economic well being and rebuilding of Afghanistan. Kabul City currently (2010) has a population of nearly 4 million and is growing rapidly as a result of periods of relative security and the return of refugees. Population growth and recent droughts have placed new stresses on the city's limited water resources and have caused many wells to become contaminated, dry, or inoperable in recent years. The projected vulnerability of Central and West Asia to climate change (Cruz and others, 2007; Milly and others, 2005) and observations of diminishing glaciers in Afghanistan (Molnia, 2009) have heightened concerns for future water availability in the Kabul Basin of Afghanistan—(p. 1).