{"id":80682,"date":"2021-10-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=80682"},"modified":"2021-10-20T15:38:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T10:38:43","slug":"cda-fgeha-rainwater-storage-housing-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-fgeha-rainwater-storage-housing-projects.html","title":{"rendered":"CDA, FGEHA asked to make rainwater storage mandatory for housing projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Country Representative Dr Mohsin Hafeez on Thursday  suggested making it mandatory for developers of new projects to build underground rainwater storage tanks, news sources reported on October 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rainwater-tanks-mandatory-new-building-constructions-rda.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rainwater-tanks-mandatory-new-building-constructions-rda.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rainwater tanks mandatory for all new building constructions: RDA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking at a seminar, Dr Hafeez said that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Federal Government Employee Housing Authority (FGEHA) should make it mandatory for project developers to build such rainwater harvesting storage facilities to conserve water and solve water scarcity problems in the capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that Islamabad receives a much higher rate of rainfall annually but all the water either goes to waste or causes flash and urban flooding leading to property damage. By building <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-identifies-20-more-sites-for-rainwater-harvesting.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2968\" target=\"_blank\">underground water storage tanks<\/a>, the water will be saved for domestic use including plant watering, car wash etc. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> \u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-steps-making-islamabad-green.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amendments in CDA bylaws to increase tree cover, conserve rainwater<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the audience, Chairman of Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) Dr Muhammad Ashraf stated that his department is collaborating with the CDA to access the city&#8217;s water resources as this will make better water-related policies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a related development, Member Engineering Capital Development Authority (CDA) Engr Syed Munawar Shah said that the authority has developed a Project Concept-1 (PC-1) to alleviate water scarcity problems in various sectors of the capital, including areas of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-taking-steps-to-improve-islamabads-water-supply.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"74276\" target=\"_blank\">Sectors G-10, G-11, I-10, and G-13<\/a> &#8211; which are currently experiencing extreme water scarcity.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Country Representative Dr Mohsin Hafeez on Thursday suggested making it mandatory for developers of new projects to build underground rainwater storage tanks, news sources reported on October 14.\u00a0 Read: Rainwater tanks mandatory for all new building constructions: RDA Talking at a seminar, Dr Hafeez said that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Federal Government Employee Housing Authority (FGEHA) should make it mandatory for project developers to build such rainwater harvesting storage facilities to conserve water and solve water scarcity problems in the capital.\u00a0 He said that Islamabad receives a much higher rate of rainfall annually but all the water either goes to waste or causes flash and urban flooding leading to property damage. By building underground water storage tanks, the water will be saved for domestic use including plant watering, car wash etc. \u00a0 Read: \u00a0Amendments in CDA bylaws to increase tree cover, conserve rainwater Addressing the audience, Chairman of Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) Dr Muhammad Ashraf stated that his department is collaborating with the CDA to access the city&#8217;s water resources as this will make better water-related policies. 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