LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has urged the government to promote the concept and technology for water recycling that can give immense benefit to the country.
In a statement issued here, the LCCI President Abdul Basit, Senior Vice President Amjad Ali Jawa and Vice President Muhammad Nasir Hameed Khan said that at global level two people out of ten don’t have access to the safe drinking water. They said that Pakistan is one of water-starved countries. It cannot afford to waste water as resources are depleting rapidly with the passage of time and we have to adopt latest techniques and technologies to get rid of this issue. They said that as water needs will grow, water recycling/reuse technologies will play a great role across the world and various countries are working fast in this regard. They cited the example of United States where uses of recycled water are expanding at large scale.
The LCCI office-bearers said that reuse of water will save huge money and energy. They said that recycled water can be used for non-potable like irrigation of agriculture land, landscape, public parks, for cooling the power plants, industrial processes and construction activities etc.
They said that water recycling/reuse would also help control environmental issues as when used water discharged to rivers and streams it pollutes fresh water and occurs heavy loss to the environment friendly ecosystem. They said that if used water reuses for irrigation, it would provide extra nutrients to the cultivable lands. They said that recycled water for irrigation needs less treatment than recycled water for drinking water.
The LCCI office-bearers said that government should take guidelines and technologies from those countries that are advanced in water recycling. They recycling of water would also help maintain under ground water level which is also going down and huge amount of resources and energy is being spent on its extraction.
They also urged the government to make an efficient water conservation strategy and construct of water reservoirs.
