Pakistan

Present storage in Hub Dam to help cater two year water need of city

KARACHI : The Hub Dam has attained a water level of 325 feet after an addition of 28 feet of water due to recent heavy r
Published September 15, 2011 Updated September 15, 2011 07:42am

The KW&SB has termed the increase in water level of Hub Dam as a good news for Karachi and said the present storage in the Dam would be enough for the next two years for the metropolis.

It said the Hub Dam supplies 100 million gallons water per day to Karachi.

The Water Board said the upper most level of Hub Dam is 339-feet while after addition of 28 feet, only 14 feet are left for the Dam to reach its full capacity.

It is expected that the Hub Dam would reach its full capacity of 339 feet in the recent spell of heavy monsoon rains.

 

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011