Consumers are increasingly counting on private suppliers of filtered bottled water as government water boards fail to cope with burgeoning needs of the people. First centre for water research, training opens in capitalAccording to the World Health Organization, Pakistan has 80th place among 122 countries in drinking water quality. Per capita bottled water consumption is estimated at five litres but it is growing due to rising awareness. According to PSQCA, 69% of water samples have been found to be contaminated in 24 cities, providing room for small filtered water plants to bridge the demand-supply gap. A company that sells filtered water plants in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area promises its customers handsome returns on capital injection of only Rs500,000.

Source: The Express Tribune November 06, 2017 04:07 UTC