Water table drop almost 70 feet: Alarming reduction in supply from tube wells in capital

  • 05/09/2008

  • Daily Times (Pakistan)

An alarming reduction in water supply from tube wells to the federal capital has shocked Capital Development Authority (CDA) Water Supply Directorate. The CDA officials noticed this development when they learnt that tube wells designed to produce 400 to 500 gallon water per minute were now producing only 40 to 50 gallons water per minute, sources told Daily Times. Sources said tube wells could not extract water mainly because the ground water table had receded almost 70 feet. They said the water table was depleting as Islamabad