Extensive excavation for groundwater by the industries and diminishing rainfall during the past decades have disturbed the water balance of Sindh Est extending over the area between the Indus and Kirthar Range towards west from District Dadu to the Coastal Zone and the Indus Delta in the south. Industries, irrigation as well as tourism activities and municipalities have over-exploited the groundwater sources without determining the hydrological potential of the region. This has increased the risk of seawater intrusion and of seismic events in the coastal areas.\n\nDepletion of groundwater potential has been caused by the loss of infiltration capacity of the surface soil due to sealing of top soil resulting from construction activities in urban areas and to salinization of soil in the canal command rural areas; both processes being responsible for reducing the capacity to recharge the groundwater aquifers. Excavation and transportation of silt, sand, and gravel from the river beds for construction activities in the urban areas of western Sindh have reduced the absorption capacity of the river beds, thereby causing flash floods. \n\nEnvironmental Profile has discussed the physical features, geology, topography, geography, hydrology, air quality, important ecological resources, water availability, wastewater drainage and discharge systems and their socioeconomic conditions. The quality of surface water, groundwater, wastewater, waste stream being discharged into the river, and of the seawater along the coast has been determined with respect to several physical, chemical and biological parameters. \n\nFor environmental hazards protection and handling of oil and molasses, PQA has adopted Environmental Management Plan. That was capable to avoid certain type of eco-disasters. All the management and plan are according to available information. FOTCO has facilities to manage all the environmental disasters and also including oil spill at KE Bin Qasim and PSO pumping station within a period of three weeks towards the end of year 1999.