![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The problem therefore clearly lies in the network that distributes the water to taps across the city.The water is safe at the point where it is treated, said Khondker Neaz Rahman, an urban planning expert. There is scarcely anyone who dares drink water directly from the tap for fear of contracting water-borne diseases.“Even we drink the water supplied at home only after boiling,” Abdul Kader, a DWASA official, told.Statistics from DWASA – mandated with the task of supplying safe water and disposing of domestic and industrial waste in the fast growing megacity - reveal that there are five water treatment plants with a capacity of 2.42 billion litres water a day against a demand of about 2.5 billion litres. Most of live with the risk of unsafe running water thanks to a faulty distribution network of ageing pipelines that have corroded over time or been damaged by unplanned development and a poorly-managed sewerage system.The crisis of safe water in the sprawling 400-year-old Bangladesh capital is so acute that the (DWASA) itself encourages people to boil tap water before drinking.
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