Rawalpindi residents urged to avoid injudicious use of water

Shazia Mehboob

RAWALPINDI: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Rawalpindi has urged the Garrison city residents to use water judiciously as the civic agency was facing water shortage due to an increase in demand and power load-shedding.

In this regard, WASA Managing Director Shoukat Mehmood has directed the officers concerned to make all possible arrangements to ensure water supply in affected areas through tube wells. But the operation of the tube wells was also affected by frequent power load-shedding.

The WASA head said there were problems in water supply due to continuous power outages, particularly from 10 am to 2 pm.  He informed that water supply from Rawal Lake filtration plant had become impossible.

Similarly, the water supply from Khanpur Dam was also affected. It was necessary to run motors for water supply along with water treatment, adding that load-shedding was affecting the operation of the pumping stations, MD added.  Water could not be stored in storage tanks and the citizens should be careful in using water.

He also appealed to the citizens to cooperate with WASA. Nearly 50 per cent of water was being supplied to the city and Cantonment areas from Rawal Dam, he informed. The officers were instructed to ensure water supply particularly to the most affected areas through water boozers and utilize all available resources to address complaints of the citizens.

The MD appealed to the citizens to conserve water and avoid injudicious use of water. While water utility services were making efforts to provide clean drinking water, it was also the duty of the consumers to use water carefully, he added.