CDA saves 3 mln gallons water during recent rains.

ISLAMABAD -- Capital Development Authority (CDA) during recent rain spells has saved around three million gallons of rainwater through harvesting recharge wells.

The CDA chairman Aamer Ali Ahmed was informed the other day during his visit at rainwater harvesting recharge well at sector I-8.

He was accompanied by Chairman Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), DG Water Management and officers of relevant departments.

The authority had so far constructed forty recharge wells at various places to store rainwater, CDA spokesman told reporter on Thursday.

The well installed at sector I-8 has the capacity to store water for 12 to 14 hours. The water rechargeable wells also have a special filtration system that keeps the water clean from contaminants, he maintained.

Divulging details, he said the wells were about 150 to...