USAID Power distribution project: K-P to get energy efficient water pumps

USAID) will replace 335 old water pumps in K-P with modern pumps that will boost energy efficiency by 65%.

PESHAWAR: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will replace 335 old water pumps in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) with modern pumps that will boost energy efficiency by 65%, improve water supply, and reduce power consumption by three megawatts.  The old pumps wasted power because they operated between 28% to 40% efficiency, which led to inflated electricity bills and a financial burden on government-owned power companies and their customers. The US Consul General Robert Reed and the K-P Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour jointly launched the initiative at the first pump replacement site. Part of USAID’s Power Distribution Program, this initiative will decrease the local government and rural development department’s financial burden by an estimated $740,000 each year and help reduce Peshawar Electric Supply Company’s circular debt burden.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 14^th, 2012.