Originally published January 15 2006
Pakistanis in need of a clean water supply
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The Executive Committee for National Economic Council (Ecnec) was recently informed that Pakistan's supply of clean drinking water is very limited, and this situation is leading to the spread of diseases.
The Executive Committee for National Economic Council (Ecnec) was informed on Wednesday that situation of availability of safe drinking water was dismal and causing spread of various diseases.
About 70 per cent of the Pakistani population has no access to safe drinking water.
These contaminants, such as micro-organism, chemicals, toxic substances, industrial waste or wastewater in high concentration make water unfit for drinking.
Such contaminants cause diseases such as circulatory system problem, skin damage, kidney damage, gastro-intestinal distress, blue baby syndrome, increased risk of cancer and nervous system disorder.
A summary submitted by the Ministry of Science and Technology in the Ecnec meeting, held here on Wednesday with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the chair, shows a horrible picture of drinking water supply and negligence in this regard.
The report disclosed that it had been observed that in the past some water filtration plants were installed, but most of them were not functioning due to improper design, use of uncertified material, poor maintenance, with provision of rinsing and backwashing system and poor scientific designs.
The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has proposed installation of water filtering plants that will be monitored regularly.
Necessary data on water quality will be collected from these plants and evaluated to be incorporated for mass scale installations of plants on scientific grounds.
He said that under the devolution plan, the district governments are authorised to develop an efficient system to deliver basic facilities to the local community including safe drinking water.
The project will help set up essential infrastructure to build capacity of the staff to identify problems of already completed water supply schemes and thus work as a vehicle to promote a working relationship between the federal government and district governments and provide back up support for provision of safe drinking water, he added.
The aim of the project is to develop service-oriented water quality monitoring laboratories in 18 districts and capacity building of the technical staff of the district governments.
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