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Groundwater Environment and Management in Kabul, Afghanistan

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Groundwater in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

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Kabul city is considered as one of the least developed cities of the world regarding access to clean water supply and effective sanitation. Numerous feasibility studies on Kabul Basin’s surface and groundwater resources potential have been conducted over the past few decades. However, the Kabul residents are still facing drinking water shortage. The groundwater of Kabul Plain aquifer (KPA) is the primary source of water available in the Kabul for drinking, and widely utilized in agricultural and industrial sectors. Groundwater in the Kabul aquifer has significantly declined due to heavy abstraction of groundwater resulting in drying many shallow wells. The major challenges in groundwater resource management in the KPA are the lack of coordination among concerning organizations, unavailability of monitoring data, and lack of proper management framework. Therefore, strong implementations of proper policies are required for groundwater management in the Kabul Plain. This study highlights the current status of groundwater and various management issues in the Kabul Plain.

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  1. Faculty of Geology and Mines, Department of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Kabul Polytechnic University, Kabul, Afghanistan

    Abdulhalim Zaryab, Mohammad Zia Jamal & Mohammad Salem Hussaini

  2. Department of Hydrogeology, Ministry of Energy and Water, Kabul, Afghanistan

    Asadullah Farahmand

  3. Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India

    Shakir Ali

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All authors contributed significantly to the study conception and design, data collection, material preparation and data interpretation and were carried out by Abdulhalim Zaryab, Mohammad Zia Jamal, Mohammad Salem Hossaini, Asadullah Farahmand and Shakir Ali. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Abdulhalim Zaryab. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zaryab, A., Jamal, M.Z., Hussaini, M.S., Farahmand, A., Ali, S. (2023). Groundwater Environment and Management in Kabul, Afghanistan. In: Ali, S., Armanuos, A.M. (eds) Groundwater in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas. Earth and Environmental Sciences Library. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43348-1_10

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