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Despite the passage of more than 11 permanent and seasonal rivers in the country’s territory, in addition to the presence of an estimated stock of more than 15 billion cubic meters of groundwater in more than 50 percent of the country’s area, most drinking water that reach the population through distribution networks are either polluted or inadequate.
There is also a large gap between the level of development of networks and pumping stations, andGeographical expansion And the human that the capital witnessed Khartoum and other cities over the past years.
Abdel Razek Mokhtar, the former director of the Water Saving Authority in the Wilayat of KhartoumDrinking water is polluted for three reasons, one of which is seasonal related to the rainy season, the second is related to the lack of treatment materials and equipment, while the third is the obsolescence of distribution networks and their low level of efficiency.
Mukhtar explained to the site "Sky News Arabia"The autumn period usually witnesses a seasonal increase in silt rates, which leads to a change in color water And it affects their quality, which is something that could have been addressed if there were sufficient plants, equipment and materials for treatment.
Mukhtar said that the water distribution networks "It suffers from major problems due to its obsolescence and insufficiency"adding that "The efficiency of most distribution networks has declined significantly and has become one of the reasons that lead to Water Pollution Frequent fractures often cause drinking water to mix with stagnant water or waste".
The contamination of drinking water increases the rates of diseases transmitted through water Contaminated water Especially malaria, which has reached rates of infection according to World Health Organization To about 1.8 million people, or nearly 5 percent of the population of Sudan, in addition to cancers, kidney failure, typhoid fever and diarrhoea.
The spread of water diseases raises the health costs of these diseases, which are estimated by independent reports at about 490 million dollars annually, while Sudan needs much less than this amount to rehabilitate networks and purify water, according to the Sudanese Environmental Protection Initiative Organization.
And explained afor the United Nations In this context, spending one dollar on Sewage And water purification saves governments 4.9 dollars in expenses that are allocated to address health and environmental disasters caused by water pollution.
Reports indicate that major violations have occurred during the past years in the operations of drinking water treatment and supplies in the country, which led to the death of thousands as a result of diseases related to water pollution and its accumulation, in addition to the waste of hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of corrupt deals related to the import of water. Chemicals that are used to purify water.
There are cases in which corruption operations were complex, as they harmed both the person and the state, because they included the introduction of non-conforming materials and at the same time they were financed by national banks without sufficient guarantees.
In this context, Adiba Al-Sayed, a public health specialist and member of the Executive Committee of the Office of Sudan Doctors Standardized risk of health disasters resulting from pollution drinking watersaying that "More than 70 percent of the diseases spread in the country are directly or indirectly related to drinking water pollution".
And Bint Al-Sayed told the site "Sky News Arabia" That a lot of diseases like typhoid Cholera and diseases of the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract are often the direct cause of water contamination.
Al-Sayed expressed her astonishment at the neglect of the problem of water pollution, pointing out that the cost of treating drinking water is much less than the damage it causes.
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Despite the passage of more than 11 permanent and seasonal rivers in the country’s territory, in addition to the presence of an estimated stock of more than 15 billion cubic meters of groundwater in more than 50 percent of the country’s area, most drinking water that reach the population through distribution networks are either polluted or inadequate.
There is also a large gap between the level of development of networks and pumping stations, andGeographical expansion And the human that the capital witnessed Khartoum and other cities over the past years.
Abdel Razek Mokhtar, the former director of the Water Saving Authority in the Wilayat of KhartoumDrinking water is polluted for three reasons, one of which is seasonal related to the rainy season, the second is related to the lack of treatment materials and equipment, while the third is the obsolescence of distribution networks and their low level of efficiency.
Mokhtar explained to “Sky News Arabia”, that the autumn period usually witnesses a seasonal increase in silt rates, which leads to a change in the color of the silt water And it affects their quality, which is something that could have been addressed if there were sufficient plants, equipment and materials for treatment.
Mukhtar said that the water distribution networks “suffer from major problems due to their obsolescence and insufficiency,” adding that “the efficiency of most of the distribution networks has significantly decreased and has become one of the reasons that lead to Water Pollution Frequent fractures often cause drinking water to mix with stagnant water or waste.”
The contamination of drinking water increases the rates of diseases transmitted through water Contaminated water Especially malaria, which has reached rates of infection according to World Health Organization To about 1.8 million people, or nearly 5 percent of the population of Sudan, in addition to cancers, kidney failure, typhoid fever and diarrhoea.
The spread of water diseases raises the health costs of these diseases, which are estimated by independent reports at about 490 million dollars annually, while Sudan needs much less than this amount to rehabilitate networks and purify water, according to the Sudanese Environmental Protection Initiative Organization.
And explained afor the United Nations In this context, spending one dollar on Sewage And water purification saves governments 4.9 dollars in expenses that are allocated to address health and environmental disasters caused by water pollution.
Reports indicate that major violations have occurred during the past years in the operations of drinking water treatment and supplies in the country, which led to the death of thousands as a result of diseases related to water pollution and its accumulation, in addition to the waste of hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of corrupt deals related to the import of water. Chemicals that are used to purify water.
There are cases in which corruption operations were complex, as they harmed both the person and the state, because they included the introduction of non-conforming materials and at the same time they were financed by national banks without sufficient guarantees.
In this context, Adiba Al-Sayed, a public health specialist and member of the Executive Committee of the Office of Sudan Doctors Standardized risk of health disasters resulting from pollution drinking water“More than 70 percent of the diseases prevalent in the country are directly or indirectly related to drinking water pollution,” she said.
Al-Sayed indicated to “Sky News Arabia” that many diseases, such as typhoid Cholera and diseases of the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract are often the direct cause of water contamination.
Al-Sayed expressed her astonishment at the neglect of the problem of water pollution, pointing out that the cost of treating drinking water is much less than the damage it causes.