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Table 4. Number of diesel and electric motors required to pump groundwater for rice grown in Pakistan.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

FY

Elect.

pumps

(000)

Diesel

pumps

(000)

Total

pumps

(000)

Total

kharif GW

(MAF)

GW per

pump

(MAF)

Rice’s total

water req.

(MAF)

of which

% that is

from GW

sources

Rice req. fulfilled

from GW sources

(MAF)

No. of pumps

req. to pump this

(C9) (000)

of which

Electric.

pumps

(000)

Diesel
pumps
(000)
1999 117.4 445.8 563.2 25.5 < 0.1 18.9 33.0 6.2 137.6 28.7 108.9
2000 112.4 497.4 609.8 24.9 < 0.1 19.6 32.4 6.3 155.2 28.6 126.6
2001 113.7 545.5 659.3 25.1 < 0.1 18.5 32.3 6.0 157.0 27.1 129.9
2002 116.8 590.4 707.3 25.0 < 0.1 16.5 32.2 5.3 150.0 24.8 125.2
2003 120.6 648.4 769.0 24.8 < 0.1 17.3 32.0 5.5 171.9 27.0 145.0
2004 132.0 818.2 950.1 24.8 < 0.1 19.2 31.9 6.1 234.4 32.6 201.8
2005 137.0 847.3 984.3 24.8 < 0.1 19.6 31.7 6.2 246.9 34.4 212.5
2006 143.7 855.9 999.6 24.7 < 0.1 20.4 31.8 6.5 262.7 37.8 224.9
2007 116.7 814.6 931.3 24.7 < 0.1 20.1 30.0 6.0 227.4 28.5 198.9
2008 120.8 800.3 921.1 24.5 < 0.1 19.6 28.6 5.6 210.7 27.6 183.1
2009 120.8 800.4 921.2 23.9 < 0.1 23.1 26.9 6.2 239.0 31.3 207.7
“GW” = groundwater; “MAF” = million acre-feet; “C9” = figures in column nine.

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