30 water filtration plants operational in capital

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30 water filtration plants operational in capital



Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Islamabad

Thirty water filtration plants are operational in different sectors of the federal capital and providing potable water to the residents.

Director General Water Supply Directorate CDA Sanaullah Aman told APP that the Directorate carries out the production, treatment, transmission and distribution of potable water from ground and surface sources.

He said to further check the water quality, tenders have been floated to foreign firms to ensure safe drinking water to the residents. Currently, water is produced and treated at Simly Filtration Plant, four small head works and 174 tube wells, and is conveyed to the service reservoirs and intermediate pumping stations located at appropriate places within the city and further distributed to the houses through the distribution network, he remarked.

A tanker service, comprising 36 tankers, is also in service, which augments the supply to the consumers, as and when required, on nominal charges.

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