Cover slide option 1 Title HOUSEHOLD SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN PERI-URBAN FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN eiruban 14, Priyanie Amerasinghe, IWMI, India Waqas Ahmed, IWMI, Pakistan Robert Simmons, Cranfield University, UK Periurban 14, UWS, Australi 8-10 July 2014
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Priyanie Amerasinghe "Houisehold Sewage Disposal Systems and their Impact on Groundwater Quality in Peri-urban Faisalabad, Pakistan"
International Conference on Peri-Urban Landscapes: Water, Food and Environmental Security, Sydney, Australia, July 8-10, 2014. Priyanie Amerasinghe Presentation
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Cover slide option 1 Title HOUSEHOLD SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN PERI-URBAN FAISALABAD,
Content Objectives Site characteristicsMethodsResults and Discussion
Objective: To study the influence of sanitation infrastructure on the quality of water in drinking water bore wells in two peri-urban villages namely, Kehala and Chakera, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
• Villages are next to the city of Faisalabad an industrial city• Mixed livelihoods. Agriculture is common• Chakera – Has a Wastewater Stabilization Pond and depends on WW
for agriculture • Kehaala - depends on ground water
Hand Pump Latrine system The water samples were tested for selected water quality parameters, such as pH, EC and TDS, ammonia, bicarbonate, chloride, fluoride, nitrate, nitrite, sulphate, hardness and faecal coliforms/E.coli.
National Program for Family Planning and Primary health care:Lady Health Workers
HH HH %Class of disposal category/no unit Kehala Chakera Kehala Chakera
PFS > 9 m 13 15 4 5PFS 6 - 9 m 47 22 15 7PFS 3 - 6 m 147 91 47 30PFS < 3 m 74 72 23 24PFD 8 39 3 13PFN 5 0 2 0Total No 294 239 93 79OD 22 64 7 21Total No 316 303 100 100