Water purification: PCJCCI suggests Pakistan replicate China’s system

Says revolutionised system will help overcome water-borne diseases

LAHORE: Pak-China Joint Chamber of Commerce (PCJCCI) President Wang Zihai has stated that Pakistan should look to adopt the Chinese model of water purification in order to reduce the spread of water borne diseases, which are causing a loss to Pakistan’s economy of up to $1.3 billion every year and are the biggest source of gastrointestinal infections.



Zihai said this during a meeting with the Chinese delegation from HuaQi Tech Pvt Ltd. The purpose of the delegates was to introduce Chinese water management system and purification technology to Pakistan.

It was said in the meeting that the replication of this system could overcome water diseases in Pakistan particularly in poor cities that are not getting access to clean water.

Head of the delegation Zheng said that China’s global fresh water sources are merely 6% whereas; they have to provide clean drinking water to 20% of the world’s population.

“However with years of research and exploration, China has devised a water purification system that not only enabled it to meet its water needs but also provided people with medically approved healthy water.”

Wang added that the water crisis is a global issue and now China wants to benefit the world, since Pakistan faces such a crisis particularly in Sindh and Northern Punjab it is important to introduce such plants to Pakistan.

PCJCCI senior vice president Moazzam Ali Ghurki appreciated the opportunity brought by the Chinese delegation and agreed that the country is in dire need of such a system.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 9^th, 2017.

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