45% filtration plants supplying contaminated water

ISLAMABAD—The filtration plants installed in the capital to provide clean drinking water are supplying contaminated water causing diseases among the residents of the capital. According to a report of Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), forty-five percent filtration plants are providing contaminated water while 75 percent citizens are using that water.
According to the report, the water obtained from the different filtration plants of the city for laboratory testing and the human wastages were found from the water obtained from the filtration plants installed in the Sector I-8, I-10 Markaz, G-9, G-11, G-8 and I-10. It has also been found that the some tube wells installed in sectors of Zone-II are providing contaminated water which is causing hepatitis while the bacteria were also found in some samples of water obtained from Zone-III. After the laboratory tests, it has also been found that the filtration plants are not being checked regularly and many filtration plants have lost its benefit due to lack of attention from the authorities concerned.

—Online