City-wide Partnership for Sustainable Water

Use and Water Stewardship in SMEs in

Lahore, Pakistan Presented by

ROSHAN ARA, DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR, EU DELEGATION, PAKISTAN

WWF-Pakistan, WWF-UK and CPI

Funded by European Union

Policy-engagement and Lesson-sharing

Multi-stakeholder city-wide partnership

Broad Awareness

Capacity Building

Reduced Water use and

Pollutant Load

Water Stewardship Project

Paper Production Floor

Textile Industry

Leather Industry

Sugar process Water

Audits (Pre, Post and Validation)

• Pre-audits of 35 Industries

• Preparation of Water Management Plan

• Post-audits of 35 SMEs for Cost-benefit

Analysis of Best Water Management

Practices implemented

• Validation Audits based on which a

Business Case was prepared

Capacity Building Workshops and Awareness Seminars

• 4 Comprehensive Capacity Building Workshops were

conducted on Best Water Management Practices in

Lahore, Faisalabad and Sialkot

• 8 Awareness Sessions were organized in Lahore,

Faisalabad, Sialkot and Karachi

Important Statistics

2700 Registered Industries in

Lahore

• Textile = 69% water consumption

• Chemical = 10 %

• Paper and Pulp = 5 %

• Food = 10%

• Other Industries = 6%

Main Recharge

• 82 per cent to groundwater is contributed by

River Ravi.

Water Consumption and

Wastewater Generation

• Demand : 274 liters per

capita/day (lpcd)

• Wastewater : 231 litres per

capita/day

• Total generation = 8 Million cubic

meter (MCM/day)

Water Balance (-)

• 0.67 MCM more

than the daily recharge

Impacts of the Project

City-Wide Partnership for Sustainable

Management of Water Resources of Lahore

Stakeholder Feedback on Priority Water

Issues of Lahore

Steering Committee of the

Partnership

Environmental Protection

Department

Irrigation Department

Nestle-Pakistan

Urban Unit

Lahore Conservation

Society

University of Engineering

and Technology

WSP won National Energy Globe Award 2015 by UNIDO and UNEP)

Projects branched out of the

Water Stewardship Project

Initiation of ‘Implementation of

Alliance for Water Stewardship

(AWS) Standards in Nestle-

Pakistan

Alliance for Water Stewardship

Standards

Implementing the AWS Standard helps sites to:

Mitigate water risks,

Address their shared water challenges in the

catchment, and

Ensure responsible water stewardship actions are in

place to maximize positive impacts for everyone

Sheikhupura Site is first AWS implementing site in

Pakistan.

Installation of Drinking Water Facilities in

the City of Lahore for Local Communities

A collaboration with Coca Cola Beverages Limited, Pakistan

Objectives:

• To increase access to safe drinking water for 135,000 individuals by installing 15 safe

drinking water plants of 2,000 liters/hour.

• To build capacity and inculcating community ownership for improved management

and sustainability of water supply interventions.

Filtration Plants have been installed in Basti Sayden Shah, Lady

Willingdon Hospital, Salamatpura, Awan Town, Thokar Niaz Baig, Galaxo

Town, Railway Station etc.

Thank you!