Drinking water issues in Pakistan

According a Pakistani physician specialized in public health,the main issues related with poor drinking quality in Pakistan are:
1) Civic bodies supplying drinking water think that providing the water connection is all that their duty is.
2) Consumers take this tap water granted as clean water
3) Testing of drinking water quality is done in the water provider's laboratory, who cannot report against the parent organization
4) There is no 3rd party surveillance of drinking water quality
5) Pakistan do not have drinking water standards / guidelines in place
6) Community lacks the much needed awareness of the issue and is apathetic
7) Poor people, sick due to quality water loose their small resources in medical treatment and loose working hours
8) The people of this country are suffering from malnutrition, added to this they suffer from helminthes in their gastro-intestinal systems, which further deprives them of the already scarce food
9) There is lack of affordable, independent complete water analysis facilities, which could give the sensitive consumer a true picture of the quality of water he is drinking
10) the country lacks affordable/ dependable water treatment devices that could help them out of water quality
11) As consumer people think that water is an unlimited resource, in spite of severe periods of drought
In view of that it is of prime importance that the country be aware of the intestinal health related problems associated with drinking water, most important of which is acute watery diarrhea, which leads to dehydration and fatal outcomes, following malaria, typhoid and hepatitis which are not uncommon in the country.