K-P to install water metres at car-washes

PESHAWAR: In a bid to conserve water, the provincial government is considering installing water metres at car washes in the province.

This was disclosed by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Environment Minister Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq on Sunday in an interview with APP.

He said that Pakistan is facing a major challenge of water shortage, hence millions of gallons of clean drinking water cannot be allowed to be wasted at car washing stations in the province. In this regard, he said that the provincial Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has started taking action against those car washing stations which were operating illegally or were involved in wasting water.

Moreover, the agency was issuing notices to owners with direction to install water metres at the earliest.

Those violating the regulation will have to face heavy fines.

Apart from putting a strain on groundwater, the car washes also lead to water pollution since they drain chemically contaminated water into the sewers.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 19^th, 2018.