The Kalba
sewage plant has the capacity to process 3,700 cu.
The assistant undersecretary said that the ministry will ensure constant supervision on all of its projects, including the
sewage projects, in order to fulfill the needs of citizens in the different areas of the Kingdom and provide better services.
Guchu said the ministry is developing policies and putting up infrastructure to have the
sewage produced in households and industries treated and recycled.
A polio case can be reported in any city due to the frequent movement of people from one city to another, but the presence of the virus in
sewage water means that a vaccination campaign in the area did not meet its target.
'First of all, we need a master plan from the provincial authorities, with assistance from NGOs, to help in the cleaning and elimination of water
sewage,' he said.
The
sewage disposal system in Islamabad provides disposal from each house through pipes and its conduction to trunk sewers.
The length of the future
sewage network projects till 2045 will be 2,518km and the length of the treated water 302km.
'The other proposed
sewage system, the vacuum sewer system, was not approved under the National Water Services Commission's standards,' he said in his winding up speech.
There are, however, some fundamental flaws in the Greater Karachi
sewage treatment plans as envisaged in Project S-III.
Those outside this area must build their own
sewage treatment plants or septic tanks and employ
sewage dislodging services.
A new report suggests that between 2011 and 2014, the volume of treated
sewage in Saudi Arabia increased from 66% to 77%.
Up to 20,000 houses have been connected to the
sewage network across the emirate (Alamy Image)