Power shutdown at Dhabeji to cut Karachi water supply by 130 million gallons
K-Electric will suspend power to the Dhabeji grid for 14 hours on 13 November, idling nine of 21 pumps while KW&SC says about 520 million gallons will still flow.
Karachi will lose about 130 million gallons of its daily water supply on 13 November, when K-Electric suspends electricity to the Dhabeji pumping station for 14 hours of annual maintenance, a Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation spokesperson said.
The power shutdown at the Dhabeji grid station will run from 10:00 AM to midnight, ARY News reported, citing the corporation. Nine of the pumping station's 21 pumps will be out of operation for the duration.
Karachi draws around 650 million gallons of water a day. The corporation said it will keep supplying about 520 million gallons during the outage.
Areas the corporation expects to be affected include Landhi, Korangi, Malir, Shah Faisal, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Clifton, Saddar, Lyari, Jinnah, Chaneser, Nazimabad, Liaquatabad and North Karachi. Supply will be partly affected in parts of Nazimabad and Gulberg Town, and the Landhi and Sherpao water hydrants will remain closed.
When power returns and K-Electric finishes its work, six of the nine stopped pumps will be restarted. Supply should then return to normal in most areas, but not in Landhi, Korangi, Malir and Shah Faisal.
The corporation's own annual maintenance will continue for 22 hours after the power shutdown ends. Three pumps will remain out of operation in that period, with partial disruption in the same four areas.
The corporation advised residents to store water in advance and use it carefully through the maintenance period, and said supplies would return to normal gradually once electricity is restored.
Pakistan Connect reported that a major disruption of water supply is expected in the city on 13 November.
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