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INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN
Project name:
Arghandab Integrated Water Resources Development Project (0655 and 0656)
Year (of approval):
2019
Funding:
Project–$700 million ADB–$348 million
Modality:
Grant from ADB, IFAD, parallel co-financing grant from World Bank, and PPP structure for hydropower component
Department:
CWRD
Sectors:
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Urban Water, Energy
Team :
ADB, Government and consultants: Total 155 persons, approximately equal numbers from each
Project preparation time:
2.5 years
Project preparation cost:
$3.95M
CHALLENGES:
Lost of the storage capacity
The Dahla Dam reservoir
stores and controls irregular and short duration snowmelt flow from the Hindu Kush mountains
40% due to siltation
The ability to provide regulated
downstream flow has been seriously constrained
Power shortages
Declining groundwater for urban use
This has resulted in
Reduction in cropped area, with only 47% of the command area being regularly irrigated
Expansion constraints for high value cropping
Reduced urban water availability
Rotating power supplies
Complex problem
SOLUTION
An integrated solution to meet the needs of rural and urban communities downstream of Dahla Dam, 35 kms north east of Kandahar
The project will improve the availability and management of water
The TRTA designed the interventions for hydropower generation and urban and industrial water supply to Kandahar City and its surroundings, to be undertaken by the private sector and World Bank respectively
NEXT STEPS
The project was approved in September 2019 and is in the early stages of implementation
resources in the Arghandab sub-basin and the Kandahar region by
Increasing the storage capacity of the existing Dahla Dam by raising its height
Increasing reliability of irrigation water supplies downstream of the dam
Improving agriculture water productivity by providing on-farm support to farmers to improve crop production
Strengthening institutions in water resource management
However