$2 billion UN grant approved for sewage treatment plants in Pakistan

National Water Engineering (NWE), the only sewage/wastewater treatment plants' accredited technology provider in Pakistan, has announced that through the UN Kyoto Protocol Act, the company has lined up foreign environmental investment companies who are willing to invest two billion dollars to develop small to mega sewage-wastewater treatment plants in Pakistan.
According to NWE Chief Executive Officer Jamaal Hassan, "the company has been granted approval from several foreign environmental investment companies to develop small to mega sewage-wastewater treatment plants in Pakistan. We have identified seven keys areas for development of treatment plants in Sindh, most of these areas are industrial where toxic effluent is dumped without being treated, and in return these toxic effluent wastewater is used for agriculture and consumable purpose, hence this is the cause for majority of viral and untreatable diseases in Sindh."
NWE has identified key areas in Sindh and has submitted proposals to various government departments of Sindh. It is believed that development of over 100 sewage-wastewater treatment plants are vital for the survival of key agricultural land in Sindh, or else in the next two years Sindh's main soil components will deplete drastically.
The existing water used by farmers is highly toxic with high BOD and COD content, are posing great threat to consumers and growers and with the existence of stagnant and still floodwaters, it has now become a major disease breeding area, which is a source of many viral infections.
However we do realise that the government lack financial resources to develop these treatment plants, hence through the UN Kyoto Protocol Act, we have lined up foreign environmental investment companies who are willing to invest two billion dollars. This is a great opportunity we have availed for Pakistan, and the government should take serious notice for development of these plants.
"We have also lined up investors for development of treatment plants in Karachi especially for DHA, KPT and city district authorities; as only 10 percent of wastewater is treated and the remaining is dumped into the sea, which has destroyed the ecosystem near the coastal belt, where if treated water can be reused for several purposes saving over 100 million gallon of potable water which is otherwise used for greenery development and can be directed for domestic consumption."
Jamal Hassan of NWE (Pvt) Limited later said that all related government departments and private industries owners to contact the company for development of sewage/effluent treatment plants for better development of environment and conservancy of water resources.-PR