The only other option for residents is to buy unfiltered water from private water tanker operators, who fill up at a network of legal and illegal water hydrants across the city. Of that water, a staggering 42 per cent – or 235 MGD – is either lost or stolen before it ever reaches consumers, according to the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), the city’s water utility. Water tankers have been a part of Karachi’s water supply landscape for decades. “There are more than a hundred of them [illegal hydrants], and those are just the ones that have been identified. By the end of the year, stealing water in Karachi is an industry worth more than half a billion dollars.

Source: Pakistan Today December 18, 2017 06:00 UTC