On 15 January 2026 a Pak-EPA inspection team visited the Sewage Treatment Plant in Sector I-9\/1, Islamabad to review the operational status of unit processes at the I-9 STP. The assessment aimed to identify constraints limiting treatment capacity and to collect environmental samples for laboratory analysis.<\/p>\n
The team observed that three phases of the plant were non-functional while Phase IV remained operational, treating roughly 1.5 MGD<\/strong> of wastewater. This output is well below the plant\u2019s designed capacity of 10 MGD<\/strong>, a shortfall attributed primarily to leakages and clogging within the sewerage network feeding the facility.<\/p>\n Inspectors noted that treated effluent from the I-9 STP was being discharged into Nullah Lai<\/strong> rather than being redirected for landscaping or horticultural use, which reduces beneficial reuse opportunities and raises local water management concerns. The condition of sewers and inlets was identified as a key factor constraining full plant performance.<\/p>\n Environmental samples were collected at multiple points across the facility and forwarded to the CLEAN lab operated by Pak-EPA for analysis. Results will be measured against the National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) for municipal effluent to determine compliance and to inform any follow-up actions needed to restore full operational capacity at the I-9 STP.<\/p>\n The inspection underscores the need for targeted repairs of sewer infrastructure and improved maintenance to ensure the I-9 STP can meet designed treatment levels and support safe effluent reuse within Islamabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pak-EPA inspects I-9 STP in Islamabad, finds reduced output from leaks and clogging; samples sent to CLEAN lab for NEQS compliance testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}