However, WASA collected water samples from 115 tube wells and got tested from the Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (PCSIR) and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) laboratories. Sources informed that besides water samples from tube wells, WASA also collected at least 278 water samples from houses which were also sent to the said laboratories to be tested. They said that WASA preferred 105 tube wells among 115 to collect water samples which were recently installed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). WASA spokesman, Imtiaz Ghauri told Pakistan Today that WASA has installed arsenic removal plants in the tube wells in which the arsenic level was high. On a question on how WASA collected samples soon after SC’s orders, he replied that WASA had collected and sent the water samples to laboratories for tests beforehand.

Source: Pakistan Today January 04, 2018 17:03 UTC