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Industries get ETP ultimatum

Staff Correspondent
Industries Minister Dilip Barua yesterday warned that the government would take stem action against the industries, which will not set up effluent treatment plant (ETP) by the next six months.
"We will instruct to the owners of the industries to set up ETPs within in a time frame and if needed, we will close down the industries if they fail to do that, he said at a dialogue on" Surface water: the most potential future alternative for water supply in Dhaka city" held at LG ED Bhaban.
He stressed the need for saving the rivers surrounding the capital city from pollution
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About the time frame for the industries, he said it would be at least six months and added that ETPs will also be mandatory for setting up industries in future.
"The high extraction of ground water by production wells is creating serious water scarcity in the deep aquifer. Again the infiltration of industrial effluent to groundwater has adverse impacts on quality of potable water supplies poses a serious risk to public health," Barua said.
The minister said some integrated actions should be taken to ensure safe potable water. These actions include improvement of water supply, flood management, river navigability and drainage system and treatment and disposal of sewage and handling and disposal of solid wastes.
Underscoring the need for utilisation of surface water, Shipping Minister Afsarul Amin said it is not possible to meet the demand of water of the city dwellers depending on ground water for long
He said the ministry has already taken steps to free the rivers from the encroachers and reducing pollution and his ministry will take more effective actions to save the Dhaka rivers.
"To save Dhaka we have to think how to utilise the rivers, canals and water bodies in and around the city," said Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen.
There is no other alternative to surface water sources to meet the city's present and future demands, said SM Mahbubur Rahman, head of water resources planning division of Institute of Water Modelling, at his keynote paper.
The peripheral rivers of Dhaka have sufficient water round the year to meet present and future demands of Dhaka city but unfortunately quality of river water is very poor, he said.
Mahbubur Rahman gave a set of recommendations in his keynote paper. These include installation of Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETPs) for the industries located at Tongi, Tarabo and Gazipur industrial areas while ETPs for medium and large industries and shifting small industries to industrial clusters providing with CETPs and shifting Hazaribagh tanneries to Hemayetpur and rehabilitation and extension of the existing sewerage networks.
Deputy Managing Director of Wasa Liakat Ali said the ground water level has been dropping two to three metres every year due to excess use.
Chairman of Wasa Board Dr Golam Mostafa. Managing Director Shahjahan Ali Mouah, President of Bangladesh Water Partnership Md Shahidul Hassan, among others, spoke at the dialogue.