Faisalabad: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Faisalabad and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have inked an agreement to construct a surface water treatment plant in the industrial city’s eastern sector, news sources reported on September 16.
The surface water treatment facility will be completed by 2025, with a PKR 7.25 billion grant-in-aid from JICA. According to the feasibility assessment, the 3.5 million gallons per day (MGD) capacity project will provide potable water to 0.2 million people, with the capacity later increasing to 10 MGD under the Master Plan 2018-2038. According to Project Concept-1 (PC-1), the capacity of the water treatment plant will be upgraded and expanded to 5 million MGD in the first phase and will also involve the construction of a 4.1-kilometre transmission line. Along with this, two ground reservoirs and two overhead reservoirs will be built, as well as primary, secondary, and tertiary distribution systems. In addition to this, water meters will be installed to manage water supply usage.
It is important to mention that the project was part of the Japan assistance programme that helps built water and sanitation projects in developing countries. This project was approved by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) in 2020 and was scheduled to be completed in three years.
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