Polymer-Based Catalysts for Water Purification: Fundamentals to Applications

Shukla, Shipra

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00743-0_6

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“…The country is exposed to climate change, which has disturbed the precipitation patterns, affecting water resource availability [3]. Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) revealed that Pakistan had crossed the water stress line in 1990 and the water scarcity line in 2005, and it is projected that the country could face severe water shortages in 2025 [4].…”

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Drought Projections in Balochistan Using CORDEX-SA Data

Irshad,

Dars,

Ansari

et al. 2023

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Water resources planners and policymakers often ask questions about the future projections of drought characteristics (events, intensity, severity, duration, and peak) under different climatic scenarios. This study focused on quantifying the historical (1951-2005) and future (2026-2100) drought characteristics using the Standardized precipitation index (SPI) under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 climate scenarios for the Balochistan province of Pakistan, an arid and drought-vulnerable region. Precipitation data of MPI-ESM-LR_RCA4 RCM was obtained from the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment South Asia (CORDEX-SA). The CORDEX-SA data was interpolated at 12-gauge stations and bias-corrected by the distribution mapping method using Asian Precipitation - Highly-Resolved Observational Data Integration towards Evaluation (APHRODITE) data. The drought characteristics were calculated based on standardized precipitation index (SPI), and intercompared between northern Balochistan (NB) and southern Balochistan (SB). It was found that the northern Balochistan (NB) region has suffered more droughts in the historical period and is also projected to have more severe and intense droughts than SB region. It was also found that with the increase of drought events, the duration reduces, which means that the higher the drought events at a station, the lower the drought duration. Government officials should focus more on managing the already few freshwater resources sustainably, given the increased likelihood of droughts in Balochistan due to climate change.

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