DRINKING WATER SUPPLY OF AZERBAIJAN

ELKIN RUSTAMOV

elkinrustamov@gmail.com

AZERBAIJAN REBUPLIC

• Territory: 86,6 thousand square km

• Population: 9.5 million people

• Capital: Baku

Surface water resources: 36 billion cubic meters

Groundwater resources: 9 billion cubic meters

TURKEY

The institutions responsible for water management in

Azerbaijan

Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources

implements out groundwater exploration, monitoring water resources

“Azersu” OJSC

provides household water supply countrywide and industrial water supply to some enterprises

Azerbaijan Amelioration and Water Management OJSC

provides agricultural water supply

Ministry of Emergency Situations

deals with protection of strategic water plants, floods, realizing monitoring and other issues

Ministry of Public Health

takes control the quality of the water used for drinking

The legislative framework for the water governance in

Azerbaijan

Water Code of the Azerbaijan Republic Law on water supply and waste water Law on Melioration and Irrigation Law on Environmental Protection Municipal Water Law Law on security of Hydrotechnical facilities and etc.

In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved rules for use of water, sanitary protection zones, water cadastre and other regulations

Azerbaijan ratified the convention of UN, on "Protection and Use of Transboundary

Watercourses and International Lakes” (Helsinki, 1992)

Reconstruction of water sector

In recent years in Azerbaijan is implemented:

o creation and reconstruction of water supply systems in all cities and in most villages o creation and reconstruction of sewerage systems o creation and reconstruction of irrigation and drainage systems o creation and reconstruction of water treatment plants o creation large and small water reservoirs and etc. The works are realized by Government of Azerbaijan with the financing of investments of: the World Bank the Asian Development Bank the Islamic Development Bank the KfW Bank of Germany Sweden’s SECO organization the Japanese International Cooperation Agency the Korean International Cooperation Agency the Saudi Development Fund and other financial institutions

Drinking Water Supply Baku

Baku is supplied with drinking water 5 sources:

• I Baku water pipline –groundwater (1916)

• II Baku water pipeline – groundwater (1958)

• Ceyranbatan water pipeline –surface water (water treatment plant) (1961)

(Ultrafiltration system is under constraction 2011-2014 - capacity 6 m3 per second)

• Kur water pipeline –suface water (water treatment plant) (1970)

• Oguz-Gabala-Baku Water pipeline – groundwater (2010)

(capacity 5 m3 per second – number of wells – 79, depth of well 150-170 m)

BAKU

BAKU Flame tower

BAKU Crystall hall

BAKU Icherisheher

BAKU Heydar Aliyev Center

BAKU Khazar islands

(under construction)

BAKU Baku Olympic Stadium

(under construction)

Azerbaijan Mud volcano

Water Well (Oğuz region)

CASPIAN SEA

AzerSpace-1 2013

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