Tag: Water
Water filtration plant supplying unhygienic, contaminated water: CDA lab
Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s water testing laboratory has said that drinking water being supplied to the citizens of federal capital through Water Filtration Plants...
Water-energy-food – a nexus we can’t ignore: minister
Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan, has said that focusing on things from a water-energy-food nexus perspective is now inevitable and...
Three-hour water suspensions for next two days
Water supply to several city areas will remain suspended for three hours from June 23 to 24, Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) announced Saturday.
The...
Achakzai believes there’s enough water for capital
Sufficient water reservoirs to meet capital's water requirement are available at Simly Dam and Khanpur Dam, said Capital Development Authority (CDA) Water Management Director...
When clean water became a luxury
People in rural areas near capital drinking unsafe water
As much as 59 percent of water samples collected from rural areas in Islamabad were found...
Water in lunar rocks may have Earth origins
Water found in ancient rocks on Moon may have actually originated on the early Earth and even survived the lunar-forming collision event, a new...
India’s release of water adds to flooding misery
Sutlej, Chenab, Indus in high flood, torrents enter Kamoke,
Six more killed in rain and flood-related incidents
Punjab sends 23 trucks of relief for KP flood-affected...
India releases 87,000 cusecs of water in River Sutlej
India has released 87,000 cusecs of water in River Sutlej from Harike headworks.
According to DCO Syed Javed Bukhari, the released fresh water is likely...
‘What causes flooding other than water?’ wonders PPP leader
While army and navy personnel were busy in providing relief to the rain affectees, some leaders were contemplating about the causes for the excessive...
Cases registered against ‘influential water thieves’ in Balochistan
Cases were registered against six influential growers for stealing water from Pat Feeder canal in Naseerabad district of Balochistan on Saturday. Secretary Irrigation Balochistan...
No respite for water-starved citizens
The Capital Development Authority, responsible to ensure basic facilities to the citizens of the federal capital, has not made any contingency plan to ensure...
Can people live on sunlight and water only?
A woman in Seattle who believes she can live without food is trying to prove it, and promoting her claims through social media.
According to...
2.6 billion-year-old water found in deep mine
One and a half miles beneath the surface of Earth in a Canadian mine, researchers have found pockets of water in rocks that have...
No Water for Airport Society
Residents in the area of Airport Housing Society are facing severe water shortages .The authorities have failed to meet the increasing demand of water,...
Rs.800 million to deal with federal capital’s water crisis
Water Supply Directorate has demanded Rs800 million from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to resolve the water crisis in the federal capital.
The directorates demanded...
No way around arsenic pollution
More than 65 percent of the people living in Lahore are consuming water contaminated with arsenic, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Recently, the Water and Sanitation...
KWSB issues 72-hour notice to PWD for clearing dues
The Karachi water and sewerage board has decided to disconnect water supply to all the offices and residential colonies of public works department (PWD)...
