Probaho, a private sector-driven safe drinking water initiative, is offering a solution to the drinking water crisis to support the government in supplying safe drinking water in the country's salinity-prone southern region.
As Probaho celebrates its 14th anniversary on World Water Day, it aims to expand its coverage in the coastal belt to mitigate the water crisis escalated by climate change, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.
It has installed 117 water filtration plants across 22 districts to date, providing approximately 580,000 liters of clean water to around 283,000 people every day.
The project has progressed from basic filtration technology to a more advanced reverse osmosis technology and has recently installed four purification plants in Assasuni and Shyamnagar upazilas and Nalta union of Satkhira.
As a result, over 10,000 people now have access to clean drinking water.
"There's a severe crisis of safe drinking water in our area. So, we used to drink pond water, which took a heavy toll on our health. But, ever since Probaho started supplying pure drinking water, our lives have changed significantly," said Shafiqul Islam, one of the beneficiaries of Probaho's efforts in Shyamnagar.
Probaho is also supporting the Bangladesh government's effort to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) relating to water, sanitation and health.
It has a few successful public-private partnerships, working with Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in St Martin's Island and other organizations.
Probaho started its journey in 2009 to address water issues, including arsenic and high salinity.
