1. National Wash Scenario Drinking Water Policy M Jahangir www. Water pakistan. com

2. Interactive Session Discussion invited Let us dissect the issues Look At the scenario Why Policy The policy What can we do

3. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com3 5 th water quality monitoring report 2005-06 Total Samples 357 Pakistan Safe 45 13 % Unsafe 312 87 % Bacteriology 68% Arsenic 24% Nitrate 13% Fluoride 05%

4. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com4 Drinking Water Quality Range, Bacterial contamination 2002-2006 Islamabad 40-74 % Lahore 37-63% Multan 31-87% Rawalpindi 53-87% Sargodha 92-100%

5. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com5 Water Sanitation & Hygiene Have to be tackled together To achieve the target of reducing disease and death.

6. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com6 Development & WATSAN Health Poverty Education Family Fabric Forth coming youth

7. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com7 Health Microbiological Contamination Cholera Hepatitis Diarrhea Typhoid

8. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com8 Health Chemical Contamination Arsenicosis As Bone and dental Floursis Fluoride Blue baby syndrome Nitrate Goiter Iodine deficiency And several others

9. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com9 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

10. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com10 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.

11. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com11 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

12. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com12 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)

13. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com13 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

14. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com14 A Typical Water Point in Sind

15. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com15 Filtration Plant in Islamabad

16. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com16 A Filtration Plant, committee Chowk. RWP

17. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com17 Sewer drains in the middle of RWP

18. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com18 The Policy Is A wish list 83 * Will be

19. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com19 Will be Who When How

20. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com20 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

21. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com21 Preamble Adequate ? Safe ? Affordable Cost ?

22. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com22 3.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

23. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com23 Policy Guidelines 5.1 (V) All public Intermittent water distribution will be upgraded phase wise… to Continuous water supply mode

24. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com24 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

25. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com25 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

26. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com26 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

27. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com27 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

28. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com28 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

29. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com29 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.

30. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com30 Cont Phase out Plastic Advocate use of soap in mosques place of wuzoo,schools and Hospitals Take universities into watsan loop

31. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com31 Plant Trees Every Pakistani plants a fruit tree and takes care of it. This gives us 172.6 million Fruit Trees in 2009

32. May 2009.www.waterpakistan.com32 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