1. Hygiene & Sanitation Challenges in Pakistan
Lokhaze Ali
PhD Student NUST

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3. Achievements in Last Two Decades
2.3 billion people gained access to improved drinking-water between 1990–2012.
The number of children dying from diarrheal diseases have steadily fallen from 1.5 million deaths in 1990 to just above 600,000 (0.6 million) in 2012.
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4. Hygiene & Sanitation Challenges in Pakistan
Global Crisis
2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation.
1 billion people practice open defecation, nine out of ten in rural areas.
748 million people lack access to improved drinking-water and it is estimated that 1.8 billion people use a source of drinking-water that is faecally contaminated.
Hundreds of millions of people have no access to soap and water to wash their hands
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Critical gaps in monitoring
Weak country capacity to implement plans
Insufficient funding
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10. Water Aid Pakistan-Facts
15.3 Million people in Pakistan don't have access to safe water
Over 93 million people don't have access to adequate sanitation in Pakistan, over half of the population.
Over 40,000 children die every year from diarrhea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation in Pakistan.
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11. Hygiene & Sanitation Challenges in Pakistan
South Asia
Max number of Poor
More children die due to unsafe drinking water in any megacity in South Asia than total number of people killed in WoT till date
Pakistan: 144/193
Avg Age: 67 yrs
Male: 66 yrs
Female: 68 yrs
Japan: 1/193
Avg Age: 85 yrs
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Financing Issues
National financing for WASH is insufficient
National WASH Plans
Two-thirds of countries recognize the right to both water and sanitation in their constitution or legislation
Few countries use available data to make funding decisions on sanitation
Huge financing gap between budgets and plans
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GIS Mapping
Health Data Portal
Data with date and time (Last Results)
No Redundancy (Integrated Approach)
One Portal for all (PCRWR, WASA, EPA, NUST Labs, etc)
Activate GPS coordinates during collection
On Spot Water Quality Analysis
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Hot Spot Analysis
Maximum number of deaths (each province)
Maximum spread of diseases (Hospital Data for Children under 5)
Area Identification (Point Sources, Industrial, Local Hazards)
Water Quality Assessment
Regression Modelling
Correlation Techniques
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
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15. Design Separate Drains for Industry
Save the Populated Areas
Industrial Drains to discharge outside the city (not connected within the city)
Polluter Pays for Treatment
Water Meters for Industry (Reuse Water)
No Water Bores Allowed within Industry’s premises
Wastewater Mapping (GIS) All Parameters
Plant Non-Fruit trees with Industrial Wastewater (Barren)
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16. The Greatest Challenge
International Laws
Pricing
Flood Relief
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17. Disruptive Innovation
Generate disruptive, new ideas
Emerging Trends (Water Technologies)
How can you generate more income out of it
Lower Costs
More Users (Affordability)
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Create Competition
Low Cost WASH Technologies for Urban/Rural Areas
Innovative Thinking
Handsome Awards
Green Journalism
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The Bitter Reality
Reality: Attending a conference/seminar/workshops
Reality: Talking about issues
Reality: We will try to solve our problems
Dreaming: We will do this & that… GIS Maps, Disruptive Innovations, Minting money out of our products
Final Reality: We will have a cup of tea after the conference and things will remain the same as they are…
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Change your Water………..
Change your Life
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