Groundwater Monitoring, Modeling & Management for LBDCIP
The irrigation system of the Lower Bari Doab Canal, soutwest of Lahore in the Punjab Province of Pakistan, was build between 1913 and 1917 and covers a command area of approx. 700,000 ha. In order to impove and rehabilitate this system the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Punjab are financing the Lower Bari Doab Canal Improvement Project (LBDCIP). One of the three main components of the project is the monitoring, modeling and management of the groundwater.
Client:
Government of Punjab
Irrigation & Power Department
Lahore
Irrigation & Power Department
Lahore
Period:
2011 - 2013
Services:
- Restructuring of the GIS and groundwater database
- Development, calibration and operation of a finite difference groundwater model to serve as a tool in formulating and evaluating groundwater management strategies
- Provision of additional monitoring wells and wells for pumping test.
- Delineation of areas where saline intrusion is taking place and recommendations and evaluations of possible solutions for reversal of groundwater deterioration in critical areas.
Technical data:
- Lower Bari Doab Canal Irrigation System
- Construction period: 1914 und 1917
- Command area: 700,000 ha
- Length of main canal: 200 km
- Total length of distributaries: ca. 1,500 km