Potable water: City to get 10 new filtration plants

CDA spokesperson says that the installation process has already started.

ISLAMABAD:

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is installing ten water filtration plants around Islamabad to ensure clean drinking water for Islamabad’s residents.

CDA spokesperson Ramzan Sajid said “the installation process has already started.”

The new filtration plants, which will cost Rs17 million, will be set up in Sectors I-9/4, G-10/4, G-9/3 near CDA blocks, G-9/4 near Jahangir Market, G-7/1, F-8 Markaz, E-7 Markaz, Blue Area, G-9 Markaz, G-11 Markaz and G-11 near the PHA flats.

A survey conducted by The Express Tribune, as part of a special report on water in October, found that some Islamabad filtration plants were supplying unfit drinking water. Three of the seven filtration plants failed the safe drinking water test. The test was conducted using specialised self-test kits available from the Pakistan Council for Research on Water Resources laboratory.



These filtration plants were located in sector F-8, Aabpara Market and “one in the old office of the senior superintendent of police (SSP) in sector F-8.”

The report also found that two filtration plants in sectors G-8/1 and G-8/2 were out of order.

On Wednesday, the CDA chairman Syed Tahir Shahbaz visited some of the city’s filtration plants. CDA’s member for engineering Sanaullah Aman briefed the chairman that 30 filtration plants have been upgraded.

Aman said maintenance work on remaining would be completed soon.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 13^th, 2012.