LAHORE: The Government College University, Lahore, has launched an on-campus groundwater replenishment project in collaboration with WWF-Pakistan to artificially accelerate the groundwater recharge in Lahore for future generations.

Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi said all the runoff water gathered in different parts of the main campus during rains would be channelled to the replenishment site constructed in the university’s Oval Ground to recharge the aquifer.

Prof Zaidi said the project would also help the faculty and students of Sustainable Development Study Centre to advance their research in quantitative estimation of recharge rate and evaluation of the quality of water through installation of a real-time monitoring system to check contamination in water.

He appreciated the efforts of centre’s Director Prof Dr Faiza Sharif and the staff of Engineering Cell for this on-campus water replenishment project.

Published in Dawn, January 28th, 2022

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