Drinking water Policy presentation

National Wash Scenario

Drinking Water Policy

M Jahangirwww. Water pakistan. com

Interactive SessionDiscussion invited

Let us dissect the issues

Look At the scenarioWhy PolicyThe policy

What can we do

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5th water quality monitoring report2005-06

• Total Samples 357 Pakistan• Safe 45 13 %• Unsafe 312 87 %• Bacteriology 68%• Arsenic 24%• Nitrate 13%• Fluoride 05%


Drinking Water Quality Range, Bacterial contamination

2002-2006• Islamabad 40-74 %• Lahore 37-63%• Multan 31-87%• Rawalpindi 53-87%• Sargodha 92-100%


Water Sanitation & Hygiene

• Have to be tackled together• To achieve the target of reducing

disease and death .


Development & WATSAN

• Health• Poverty• Education• Family Fabric• Forth coming youth


HealthMicrobiological Contamination

• Cholera• Hepatitis• Diarrhea• Typhoid


HealthChemical Contamination

• Arsenicosis As• Bone and dental Floursis Fluoride• Blue baby syndrome Nitrate• Goiter Iodine

deficiency• And several others


Water Testing

• National water quality testing program• National drinking water standards are

available, PSQCA• Lab testing is not easily accessible ,

sample collection and payment• About 37 agrochemicals cannot be tested

from our own standards, Costly. • 9


Policy

• Guiding principals for those who want to improve the situation

• Should be making use of existing infrastructure

• Not asking for the moon Should be practical• Phased application of immediate

relief and long term.


Why policyProblem needs to be addressed

comprehensively

• The issue of unsafe water, has many dimensions

• Dumping of untreated sewerage water in fresh water. Canals rivers


Problem needs to be addressed comprehensively

• Use of sewerage water as irrigation water for vegetables

• Dumping of untreated industrial waste in fresh water (NEQS not observed)


The Policy

• The process of making a national drinking water policy, started some 5 years ago.

• The start of filtration plants was planned to provide immediate relief .

• Corroded pipelines and close layering of drinking and sewer lines


A Typical Water Point in Sind


Filtration Plant in Islamabad


A Filtration Plant , committee Chowk. RWP


Sewer drains in the middle of RWP


The Policy

• Is A wish list

83 * Will be


Will be

• Who

• When

• How


Preamble

• Access to safe drinking water is basic human right

• Responsibility of state to ensure adequate quantity of safe drinking water to entire population at an affordable cost


Preamble

• Adequate ?• Safe ?

•Affordable Cost ?


3.Goal and Objectives

1. Provide access to safe drinking water to The entire population of Pakistan by

2025Even Those born today will have to

suffer disease and death for 16 Years


Policy Guidelines

5.1 (V)

All public Intermittent water distribution will be upgraded phase wise… to

Continuous water supply mode


Dream

• Total water supply will be available, 24 hours daily.

• How it will be done• Who will be doing it• Will it be just turn of a switch on some

fine morning


Implementation Plan• Enough time and consultations have

taken place

• Let us put our heads together to search answers to who, how and when of the

83 will beThat will be Implementation Plan


Several stake holders need to get closer

• Ministry of special initiatives (MOI), Filtration Plants

• MoST ,PCRWR• MoST , PCSIR, PSQCA• Ministry of Health, HAS• Local Government• Pak-EPA• Ministry o Environment • WASA• PHED


New

• Directorate of water and sanitation within

The ministry of environment

Establish a centre of excellence in water studies for indigenous and viable technology of water and waste water treatment


Need to

• Consolidate these actors and focus on coordinated service delivery

• Rational design of Filtration Plants• Operation and Maintenance of FP• Clean water Tanks public and domestic• Capacity building of operators• National Dehalmenthation program


Cont

• Rehabilitation of existing water supply

• Use of Chlorine, Ozone and UV lamps for microbiological contamination

• Treat domestic waste water and Industrial waste water before use, preferably recharge ground water.


Cont

• Phase out Plastic• Advocate use of soap in mosques

place of wuzoo ,schools and Hospitals• Take universities into watsan loop


Plant Trees

• Every Pakistani plants a fruit tree and takes care of it.

• This gives us 172.6 million Fruit Trees in 2009


Ministry of Water Sanitation & Hygiene

• Special initiatives (MOI), Filtration Plants• MoST ,PCRWR• MoST , PCSIR, PSQCA• Ministry of Health, HAS• Local Government• Pak-EPA• WASA• PHED and the new directorate in MOE

Health & Medicine

Drinking water Policy presentation