Kahramaa acts against power and water waste
The Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) is taking action against those who misuse water and electricity, in an effort to cut down water and electricity consumption in the near fututre, said an official.
Around 3,600 penalties and warnings were issued against violators of electricity and water usage in 2013, said a senior Kahramaa official Abdullah Khullaifi, head of conservation technology.
Highlighting various ongoing conservation projects undertaken by the government organisation, Khullaifi said that Kahramaa predicted a 35% reduction in per capita consumption (PCC) of water in Qatar by 2016.
According to statistics presented by the official, 223 cubic metres per capita per month was consumed in 2011. It was projected that if no conservation projects were undertaken then this consumption would rise to 258 cubic metres by end of 2016.
However, Kahramaa believed that with ongoing conservation projects, the consumption should drop by 35% to 168 cubic metres monthly in 2016.
Even so, Qatar's water consumption will still be a lot higher than a world average of around 115 cubic metres per capita per month, based on an NGO's statistics.
Among the proposed water conservation regulation being looked into Kahramaa, the official said that the plumbing fixtures such as a single toilet flush would be allowed a maximum of 4.9 litres per flush; showers 9.5 litres per minute; kitchen sinks 8.3 l/m; faucet residential 5.7 l/m.
For irrigation water requirement greater than a cubic metre per day or an irrigated area greater than 100 metre square, no flood irrigation or separate irrigation tanks would be allowed to be used.
The official also spoke of Kahramaa’s Tarsheed awareness initiative, which included an educational programme, conservation building competition, and religious awareness programme.
What do you think about Kahramaa's strategies?
Read more from Gulf Times. Notes: QL editor added NGO statistics on world consumption. Photo contributed to Qatar Living Flickr Group by Muhammad Saad Mehmood.
Set-up more desalination plants to accomodate the growing needs.
@Khalliwalli, ha ha is it true that they was by drinking water :p, World of Lunatics..
Who does Kahramaa penalise? the paying expatriate?
it is a good move. this law & rule should be for all & not just for a particular section. Why not do the same for food?
there are millions of people who don't have food & water.