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A Tyrolean company is helping to solve the drinking water problem in the Pakistani metropolis of Karachi. According to official data, the city, which has a population of 17 million inhabitants, suffers from a serious water shortage.
12/26/2023 10/18
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The port city of Karachi receives only half of the water it needs. This scarcity creates a lucrative business for criminal circles. Furthermore, the city is growing rapidly. Officially, 40 million people are expected to live here by 2050.
“Water mafia” makes money from people’s misery
The price of water depends on the quality. This ranges from untreated water, that is, unsafe, to drinking water. Prices are rising; They say they doubled twice last year. Although there are always successes against the so-called “water mafia”, those who profit from misery are strong and widespread.
ORF The metropolis of millions of people suffers from a serious lack of water
A new gas pipeline from Lake Kinja should help: a Pakistani-Chinese-Austrian project. By 2024, 1.2 million liters of water should flow per day, at least alleviating the problem and even solving it by 2026. The company ILF de Rum prepared the plans. The pipelines are 207 kilometers long, covered with cement mortar and have a diameter of 2.1 meters.
Tyrolean experiences with water transportation systems
Originally, the lines were supposed to open like a river, but that didn't work. Now the Tyrolean experience is being used by global engineering company ILF in Rum. Markus Klingenschmid from ILF Pipeline- & Anlagenbau points to the company's more than 40-year history and emphasizes that they were the first engineering office in the world to plan a closed water supply transport system.
ORF The tubes have a diameter of 2.1 meters
Finding a suitable route for lines in this extremely densely populated area is complicated. This is a mega project for ILF; they have more than 100 employees in Pakistan. Karachi is expected to receive enough water by 2026.