ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) and Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to meet drinking water supply challenges in Islamabad.
The MoU was signed in a ceremony held here in the presence of Federal Minister for Science and Technology Senator Syed Shibli Faraz in view of prevailing water crises in Islamabad.
Under this MoU, PCRWR will provide technical assistance to FGEHA for working on various mutually agreed initiatives for resolving water issues in different sectors (G-13, G-14, G-15, F-15, etc) of Islamabad being managed by FEGHA.
The details of major activities include Enhancing groundwater recharge and establishment of monitoring network, complete ground water resource assessment, Development of automatic system for the estimation of system losses for managing demand and supply gap, Formulation of ground water regulatory framework, Water quality monitoring and analysis of surface water, waste water and waste water re-cycling for multiple uses.
In line with the directions of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Ministry of Science and Technology under leadership Senator Syed Shibli Faraz is making efforts to translate knowledge, research and experience into action towards sustainable water resource management.
Special Assistant to PM on Capital Development Authority (CDA), Ali Nawaz Awan was also present on the occasion.
The signatories of MOU were Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Chairman-PCRWR and Tariq Rasheed DG, FGEHA.