16% of Islamabad's water supply infected with bacteria: survey

ISLAMABAD, May 1 Asia Pulse, 2008 (Asia In Focus via COMTEX) -- -- Sixteen per cent of the filtered water supplied to Pakistan's Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) is infected with bacteria, revealed a recent survey conducted by Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak EPA) over the filtration plants installed in Islamabad. According to the report, four out of the total 24 functional filtration plants in the federal Capital give out contaminated water even after filtration, which, as the report stated, was rich with bacteria besides other health-risking ingredients. The sectors where these plants are situated are I-9/1, I-10/1, G-9/2 and I-10/2.

* A similar study report published earlier by Pakistan Council of Industrial and Scientific Research (PCSIR) stated that 70 per cent of the drinking water supplied to the federal capital was contaminated.

* However, when contacted by phone, a senior official in the Water Supply Directorate of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) said all the functional filtration plants were working well and provided 100 per cent safe water.

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