Assessment of Residential Water Demand and Groundwater Supply using ArcGis Tools in Mardan City, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

Mardan city is facing the problem of portable water supply. Majority of the households do not have access to public water supply. The main focus of this research is to assess present residential water demand and ground water supply in the study area. To achieve this objective, baseline data was collected from Municipal Committee Mardan (MCM) and Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Mardan. The ancillary data was collected from census reports Bureau of Statistics, etc. The results showed that the present water supply in each sampled union council is less than that of water demand. The gap between ground water supply and demand is widening due to population
growth and urbanization. There is urgent need to enhance ground water supply to meet increasing water demand in the study area.