Importance of dams in Pakistan

we all know Pakistan has water crises

and if we don't do anything now so in future may be in 2015/2030 we will lose our single drop of water,

so now in this article, we just try to convince you to build dams in Pakistan.

and we show you some questions about dams and answers,

that will help you,

1-What is the importance of a dam?

Dams are important because they provide water for domestic, industry and irrigation purposes. Dams often also provide hydroelectric power production and river navigation.

 

2-How do dams impact the environment?

Benefits of Dams. ... Dams provide a range of economic, environmental, and social benefits, including recreation, flood control, water supply, hydroelectric power, waste management, river navigation, and wildlife habitat. Recreation. Dams provide prime recreational facilities throughout the United States/Pakistan/India.

 

3-What are dams and barrages?

A barrage is a type of low-head, diversion dam which consists of a number of large gates that can be opened or closed to control the amount of water passing through. This allows the structure to regulate and stabilize river water elevation upstream for use in irrigation and other systems.

 

4-How do dams help with navigation?

Therefore, dams are constructed for a specific purpose such as water supply, flood control, irrigation, navigation, sedimentation control, and hydropower. A dam is a cornerstone of the development and management of water resources development of a river basin.

5-What is good about a dam?

There are 84,000 dams in the U.S.

Nearly 3200 major/medium dams and barrages had been constructed in India by the year 2012. This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

 now you can understand that what is good about dams

6-Are dams expensive?

Itaipu Dam, for example, cost $20 billion and took 18 years to build. Actual costs for hydropower dams are also almost always far higher than estimated costs - on average around 30 percent higher.

7-How do you start to build a dam?

To build a Dam the engineers must first de-water the part of the river valley in which they wish to place the dam. This is usually achieved by diverting the river through a tunnel. The tunnel is built through one side of the valley around the planned construction area. A series of holes are drilled in the rock.

so we hope now understood that

how much Pakistan need dams,