Pakistan: Damage to waste treatment plant causes headache for tanners

04/11/2013

The Combined Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) for the Korangi tannery cluster in Karachi, Pakistan, has been closed due to the damage of a pipeline. Over 100 tanneries are linked with this CETP and now untreated water is being released into the Arabian Sea, according to local reports. The plant has a capacity of 43,000 cubic metres and was built...