Institutional and Legal Groundwater Management Framework : Lessons Learnt from South Australia for Pakistan

The socio-economic situation and awareness in South Australia is much stronger than in and hence the groundwater management is more sustainable. The market system of products is very sustainable and reliable as compared to Pakistan. The farmers of South are using groundwater with pressurized irrigation system such as sprinkler and drip system which have irrigation efficiency more than 90 per cent, whereas in Pakistan in groundwater is being used in furrow and basin irrigation system having irrigation more than 60 percent