Water Pollution...! A SeriousCivic Issue of Karachi

Water pollution in Karachi is a major and serious problem of its 16 million peoples whose dependency and survival now is in great danger [1]. The present situation is worsen and alarming when the damage of pollution is rising and widespread and raise questions on silence of concern authorities when formally heavy discharge of untreated wastewater from all sources into the sea has endanger marine biodiversity and livelihood of local costal fishermen [2]. This article demonstrates the contamination of sea-water with discharged of domestic sewage and animal dung, industrial untreated effluents and scattered disposal of municipal solid waste on undesirable scale in the city-streets and on sea-sites of Karachi [3-5]. While, highlighting impacts of water pollution on humans, sea birds and fish species along with mangrove forest and suggesting control measures can bring significant socio-economic and environmental benefits to the community [6,7]. Such benefits consist largely of damage costs avoided. This includes benefits resulting from the restoration of sustainable yields from natural ecosystems, such as aquaculture and fisheries, as well as improvements in environmental amenity values of tourism and recreation activities [8].