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NOT JUST A MANTRA: MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE ON URBAN WATER ISSUES IN LAHORE (PAKISTAN)   Asif Mehmood.

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1 NOT JUST A MANTRA: MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE ON URBAN WATER ISSUES IN LAHORE (PAKISTAN)  
Asif Mehmood

2 WASA & the Water Governance in Lahore
Indicators Status Population 7 million (2010) 10 million (2025) Source Groundwater Coverage & Supply duration 89% of the population for hours a day Demand-Supply Gap 40-70 MGDs Status of Utility WASA is a wing of LDA (urban planning body of Lahore). LDA reports to the city District Government, Lahore and Ministry of HUD&PHE. Water Tarrif PKR. 650 for Sq.Yd houses PKR for Sq.Yd 300 houses PKR for Sq.Yd 600 house Domestic and metered Quality Public Utility Water not fit for drinking Infrastructure 3200 km/770km long supply lines 15 years old (especially in poor areas) 30% of the total connections are metered and the rest 70% are unmetered Financial Liablities The financial deficit: PKR 300 million. It has to pay PKR 3 billion to the Lahore Electric Power Supply Company (LESCO).

3 the Issues Urban Sprawl, Consumption Patterns and Resource Depletion
Horizontal growth of Lahore Wasteful and unaccounted for Decreasing flow in Ravi and recharging the Issues

4 Quality of Water, Infrastructure and Public Health Concerns
Dilapidated lines Municipal water not fit for human consumption

5 Water Agency: Institutional Matters, Sustainability and Equity
Failed organization Tariff and liabilities Inequitable resource distribution

6 The question of private sector involvement
Rationale: Low cost/no cost water is economically inefficient Developing countries are too poor to further subsidize water Cost recovery and pricing are really difficult for these countries Global Practices Mixed responses of success ( 1. Singapore, Phnom Penh and the Netherlands - Public sector utilities 2. Jamshedpur (India) and Manila (The Philippines) – Private sector ) The question of private sector involvement

7 towards Solutions Institutional Reforms: Autonomy, primacy for WASA
Tariff Rationalization towards Solutions

8 Service Delivery: Focusing on Provision of Clean Drinking Water through WASA water shops especially in low income areas

9 The Sustainability of Water Resource:
Refreshing the aquifer (Ravi River) public engagement

10 conclusion


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