March 21 ,2011
Nawabshah, March 17: Experts at a seminar has stressed the need to promote biological waste water treatment to tackle the looming threat of water crisis and control water pollution.
The seminar on promotion of waste water treatment through constructed wetlands was jointly organized by Sindhica Reform Society and Indus for All Programme WWF. The speakers said that waste water is one of the major sources for pollution of surface water and ground water resources and added that constructed wetlands provides a solution, which is relevant to the country.
DCO Shaheed Benazirabad Jamal Mustafa Sayed said that government alone cannot address growing environmental problems but with the support of public and civil society organizations improvement could be made possible. He said that District Government is promoting tree plantation of indigenes species. The DCO said that public health engineering department would be mobilized to adopt the concept of constructed wetlands to improve the sanitary conditions and promote reuse of waste water.
Programme Coordinator WWF, Nasir Ali Panhwar said that poor sanitation has emerged as a major challenge, threatening the health and livelihood of poor communities. He said that mere provision of toilets and sewerage lines is not enough to ensure sound environmental sanitation. He said that drainage schemes provided by the Public Health Engineering Department are defunct mainly due to cost needed for operation and maintenance. He said that in contrast, the constructed wetland is low cost and relatively maintenance free and generate water that can be used for agriculture and aquaculture. He said that government should come forward to promote this new concept at national level. Coordinator Natural Resource Management WWF Umeed Khalid said that WWF has established five constructed wetlands in district Shaheed Benazirabad and Sanghar to demonstrate its environmental services.
Ameen Keerio of Sindhica Reform Society said that Pakistan’s first constructed wetland has been established in village Majeed Keerio with the support of WWF and UN Habitat. He said that defunct drainage scheme has been made functional through constructed wetland. Akash Santorai said that water resources are heavily contaminated and use of pesticides has further aggravated the situation. Prof. Dr. Niaz Memon, Prof. Kishan Chand, of Quid-e- Awam University of Engineering and Technology, Dr. Daulat Jamali, Rafique Jamali and other also spoke at the occasion.
For further Information:
Nasir Ali Panhwar
Programme Coordinator
Programme Management Unit - Karachi
+92-213- 4544791-2
napanhwar@gmail.com
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