SciDev.Net: Pakistan is seeking technological solutions for an unfolding water crisis, caused by depleting natural water resources and wastefulness, which is turning much of its land arid.
Lack of funds, though, has proved a major constraint for Pakistan's efforts to plug the technological gap in its water sector, Jawed Ali Khan, director-general at Pakistan's ministry of environment, told SciDev.Net. The ministry estimates that almost 80 per cent of the country's land is semi-arid or arid.
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Pakistan seeks tech fix for impending water crisis
Posted by SciDev.Net: Saleem Shaikh on August 1st, 2011
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