Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to obtain a share of four million gallons per day (MGD) of water from the Rawal Dam to meet the growing needs of the residential sectors, according to the news source published on October 14.
CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed said that the authority plans to receive its approved water share from the Rawal Dam. He revealed that the department officials have even visited an abandoned water treatment plant to see about getting it fixed for getting the needed water supply. He announced that water from the dam will be made part of the water supply system of Islamabad.
Reportedly, until 1992, the civic agency used the abandoned water treatment plant near the Polo Club on Garden Avenue to receive the ‘fixed quota’ of water for the city – but stopped after the dam was revealed to be contaminated. It was reported that the city is facing water shortage as only 65MDG of water is being provided to its residents against the total requirement of 220MGD – which is being sourced from the Simly Dam, the Khanpur Dam and various tube-wells.
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