UNB, Dhaka :Khulna, the country’s third largest city, is going to have a sustainable water supply system free of salinity as the Khulna Water Supply Project (KWSP) is expected to be completed by 2017.The project aims to augment the water of the Modhumoti River through treatment to the water distribution network in the southwestern divisional city to ensure reliable access to drinkable water free of salinity.The water supply project is jointly being implemented by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (KWASA).ADB approved around $75 million in assistance for the KWSP in 2011.The ADB-funded portion of the project will be completed by 2016.The Khulna city, having a population of 1.5 million, requires 240 million litres of fresh water every day.At this moment, KWASA is fully dependent on groundwater, producing 110 million litres a day (60 million litres through supply lines and 50 through hand tube-wells). With the current capacity.
