WATER FOR NATURE

The environmental issues impacting on water resources are the degradation of the surface and groundwater resources, the denudation of the watersheds, water-logging and salinization of the lands, ecological changes in the wetlands and groundwater depletion. 

The improve and sustain the ecosystem and environment and to conserve the national resources, the requirement is controlling water pollution, prevention of water-logging and salinity, safe disposal of drainage effluents, protection and protection of the wetlands and allocation of additional water to improve and sustain ecosystem. 

Following the strategies that are considered to be most relevant, the FFA proposes the following immediate action. 

• Set up a basin-wide body to undertake regular monitoring of the quality of (agriculture, domestic & industrial drainage effluent), groundwater and changes in ecosystem and environment.
• Reduce drainable surplus. 
• Improve marketing and distribution of gypsum for land reclamation. 
• Enact and enforce laws to regulate groundwater abstraction.
• promote conjunctive use of water for agriculture.
• Treat and recycle drainage effluent for irrigated agriculture. 
• Ensure stakeholders and community participation.
• Raise awareness of stakeholders and educate people to protect natural resources and improve environment.