{"id":58539,"date":"2019-12-10T15:25:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T10:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=58539"},"modified":"2019-12-10T15:25:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T10:25:28","slug":"japanese-firm-to-help-solve-water-issues-in-rawalpindi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/japanese-firm-to-help-solve-water-issues-in-rawalpindi.html","title":{"rendered":"Japanese firm to help solve water issues in Rawalpindi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Rawalpindi has prepared a project proposal designed for the provision of six million gallons (of water) per day (mgd) to the residents of the city \u2014 with the project expected to be developed in collaboration with Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), according to a news report.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/approval-to-check-availability-of-underground-water-in-rawalpindi-sought.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Approval to check availability of underground water in Rawalpindi sought<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As per the sources within WASA, the JICA will provide the required funds for the project in the form of a grant. Under this project, a water pipeline will be laid between the Rawal Dam Filtration Plant and Rawalpindi, which will provide an additional six million mdg of water to the city. The existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/replacement-rawalpindis-ageing-water-pipelines-recommended.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pipelines <\/a>used for this purpose were originally laid in 1967, and thus have deteriorated over time.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pkr-9-17-bn-allocated-for-waters-sewerage-projects-in-rawalpindi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PKR 9.17 bn allocated for waters, sewerage projects in Rawalpindi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The installation of a new water pipeline will reduce Rawalpindi\u2019s dependency on underground water, which is extracted through tube wells. This method is both dangerous, in terms of reducing the water table, and expensive, as these tube wells are usually operated using electricity. In short, the proposed water pipeline will not only help WASA meet its water requirements, but also cut-down on expenses otherwise accrued on electricity bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Rawalpindi has prepared a project proposal designed for the provision of six million gallons (of water) per day (mgd) to the residents of the city \u2014 with the project expected to be developed in collaboration with Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), according to a news report. Read:\u00a0Approval to check availability of underground water in Rawalpindi sought As per the sources within WASA, the JICA will provide the required funds for the project in the form of a grant. Under this project, a water pipeline will be laid between the Rawal Dam Filtration Plant and Rawalpindi, which will provide an additional six million mdg of water to the city. The existing pipelines used for this purpose were originally laid in 1967, and thus have deteriorated over time. Read:\u00a0PKR 9.17 bn allocated for waters, sewerage projects in Rawalpindi The installation of a new water pipeline will reduce Rawalpindi\u2019s dependency on underground water, which is extracted through tube wells. This method is both dangerous, in terms of reducing the water table, and expensive, as these tube wells are usually operated using electricity. In short, the proposed water pipeline will not only help WASA meet its water&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":14972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14365],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-japanese-firm-to-help-solve-water-issues-in-rawalpindi"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Japanese firm to help solve water issues in Rawalpindi - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Rawalpindi has prepared a project proposal designed for the provision of six million gallons (of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/japanese-firm-to-help-solve-water-issues-in-rawalpindi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Japanese firm to help solve water issues in Rawalpindi - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Rawalpindi has prepared a project proposal designed for the provision of six million gallons (of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/japanese-firm-to-help-solve-water-issues-in-rawalpindi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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