Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

6,000 have been trained by PCRWR
through a one-week intensive course for
technicians and a three-day course for
managers. Low-cost water testing and
treatment technologies being
manufactured at PCRWR include; lowcost
arsenic-testing kits; low-cost
bacteria-testing kits; bacteria, turbidity,
arsenic removal kits; low-cost water and
salinity monitoring instruments; and
chlorinators for water purification.
Dr. Qureshi laid emphasis on creating
synergies among water-related
organizations, academia and private
sector of the country and the need to
collectively transfer the benefits of
technology to the masses. With the same perspective, he invited Dr. Tahir, who is also
the National Coordinator for United Nations University (UNU), to visit Islamabad and
Abbottabad campuses of CIIT. Discussions were held on the water-filtration devices
being distributed by NGOs to the flood victims and the need of testing these devices to
ensure that none of them fails to provide safe drinking water to the people.
Other matters discussed during the meeting related to the availability of water labs in
the country; need of water standardization; need of delivering applied knowledge at
universities; national and international collaboration of PCRWR; and efficacy of
various locally manufactured as well as imported water purifiers.
Annual Report 2010
Later, the officials of COMSATS and PCRWR visited different sections of the National
Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL), namely chemical lab, microbiology lab, wastewater
lab, and the organic lab. The visit to NWQL gave the delegation a first hand
information of the facilities available at the laboratory. Executive Director COMSATS
was pleased to note that NWQL is ISO 17025 certified and has recognition in America
and Europe. During the visit, Dr. Tahir explained the procedure of testing water for
different parameters. Also, the delegation visited Remote Sensing and Graphic
Information System (RS/GIS) & Hydrology Modeling Centre of PCRWR.
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