K ARACHI requires 1,000m gallons of potable water a day for its population of over 20m people. However, only half that amount or even less is supplied. Ten million people or even more have to buy their water from water tankers to fulfil their needs.
Water supplied to a city is not only used for domestic purposes but also needed for industrial, commercial and irrigation purposes.
Keenjhar lake supplied 583m gallons a day and the Hub dam 100m gallons a day.
The water level in both decreased considerably during the past few years because of poor maintenance of water supply, water theft and less rainfall each year.
According to the World Health Organisation, 90 pc of diseases in Pakistan are due to consuming contaminated water.
The water that we drink to survive each day must be totally pure.
The government should ensure that the water requirement of citizens are met on a daily basis.
