80pc household water can be recycled: Experts
Eighty percent of water discarded from households can be recycled for reuse, in toilets for example, helping to meet the city's increased demand in the future, said speakers at a seminar yesterday.
International Training Network (ITN) of Buet and WBB Trust organised the seminar, “Complete use of water: expectations and duties” in the city's Jatiya Press Club.
Of the current demand, only 20 percent is used for drinking and cooking while the rest for household, said Prof Mafizur Rahman of ITN.
Dhaka Wasa Managing Director Taqsem A Khan said 87 percent of the supply water comes from underground sources while the rest comes from the surface.
Former chief engineer of Department of Public Health Engineering Amin Uddin Ahmed emphasised provisions for new housing projects to keep groundwater recharging facilities.
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