National Wash Scenario Drinking Water Policy M Jahangir www. Water pakistan. com
Interactive Session Discussion invited Let us dissect the issues Look At the scenario Why Policy The policy What can we do
May th water quality monitoring report Total Samples 357 Pakistan Safe % Unsafe % Bacteriology 68% Arsenic 24% Nitrate 13% Fluoride 05%
May Drinking Water Quality Range, Bacterial contamination Islamabad % Lahore 37-63% Multan 31-87% Rawalpindi 53-87% Sargodha %
May Water Sanitation & Hygiene Have to be tackled together To achieve the target of reducing disease and death.
May Development & WATSAN Health Poverty Education Family Fabric Forth coming youth
May Health Microbiological Contamination Cholera Hepatitis Diarrhea Typhoid
May Health Chemical Contamination Arsenicosis As Bone and dental Floursis Fluoride Blue baby syndrome Nitrate Goiter Iodine deficiency And several others
May 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
May 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.
May Why policy Problem needs to be addressed comprehensively The issue of unsafe water, has many dimensions Dumping of untreated sewerage water in fresh water. Canals rivers
May 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)
May 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
May A Typical Water Point in Sind
May Filtration Plant in Islamabad
May A Filtration Plant, committee Chowk. RWP
May Sewer drains in the middle of RWP
May The Policy Is A wish list 83 * Will be
May Will be Who When How
May 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
May Preamble Adequate ? Safe ? Affordable Cost ?
May Goal and Objectives 1. Provide access to safe drinking water to The entire population of Pakistan by 2025 Even Those born today will have to suffer disease and death for 16 Years
May Policy Guidelines 5.1 (V) All public Intermittent water distribution will be upgraded phase wise… to Continuous water supply mode
May 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
May 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 be That will be Implementation Plan
May 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
May 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
May 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
May 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.
May Cont Phase out Plastic Advocate use of soap in mosques place of wuzoo,schools and Hospitals Take universities into watsan loop
May Plant Trees Every Pakistani plants a fruit tree and takes care of it. This gives us million Fruit Trees in 2009
May 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