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. Urban Sprawl, Consumption Patterns and Resource Depletion
Horizontal growth of Lahore
Wasteful and unaccounted for
Decreasing flow in Ravi and rechargin

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. Rationale: Global Practices
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 )

7. Institutional Reforms:
Autonomy, primacy for WASA
Tariff Rationalization

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