LAHORE; Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has urged the government to promote technology for recycling of waste water to meet the water scarcity in the country.
LCCI President Abdul Basit, Senior Vice President Amjad Ali Jawa and Vice President Muhammad Nasir Hameed Khan said in a statement here on Saturday.
They added that at global level, two people out of ten don’t have access to safe drinking water. They said Pakistan was 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 would grow, water recycling/reuse technologies would play a great role across the world and various countries were working fast in this regard. They cited the example of United States where uses of recycled water were expanding at large scale.
The LCCI office-bearers said the reuse of water would save huge money and energy. They said the 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 the 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 the government should take guidelines and technologies from those countries that are advanced in water recycling. The recycling of water would also help maintain underground 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.
