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ARMENIAN WATER AND SEWAGE COMPANY NEEDS $1 BILLION WORTH INVESTMENT TO IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
YEREVAN, March 25. / ARKA /. Armenian water and sewage company
(Armvodokanal) needs around $1 billion worth investment to improve
the water supply system, Vartan Melkonian, the technical director
of the company, said today at a national conference on integrated
management of urban water.
"In order to solve the problems in the water system, particularly,
to raise the quality of drinking water to the European level, we need
to make around $1 billion investments in the system,' he said.
He said a total of $100 million have been invested in the system since
2004, which allowed the company to increase the average duration of
water supply from 5-6 to 16 hours.
"Our goal is to increase the water supply duration for one hour every
year, but to do so we need more resources, " Melkonian said.
He said the conference will allow water companies not only to exchange
ideas and experiences, but also to listen and discuss drinking and
sewage water problems across the country.
Arevik Hovsepian, the chairwoman of the "National Water Cooperation"
non-governmental organization told reporters that the main problem
of drinking water in Armenia is its quality.
"We have no problems with water sources, as they are very clean
meeting drinking water standards, but the water on the way from the
source to consumers gets contaminated. Many countries purify waste
water to provide it free to farmers for irrigation purposes. We also
need to achieve this," he said.
She also pointed out huge losses of water in the system, reaching
80-85% because of bad management and dilapidated pipes. -0-
YEREVAN, March 25. / ARKA /. Armenian water and sewage company
(Armvodokanal) needs around $1 billion worth investment to improve
the water supply system, Vartan Melkonian, the technical director
of the company, said today at a national conference on integrated
management of urban water.
"In order to solve the problems in the water system, particularly,
to raise the quality of drinking water to the European level, we need
to make around $1 billion investments in the system,' he said.
He said a total of $100 million have been invested in the system since
2004, which allowed the company to increase the average duration of
water supply from 5-6 to 16 hours.
"Our goal is to increase the water supply duration for one hour every
year, but to do so we need more resources, " Melkonian said.
He said the conference will allow water companies not only to exchange
ideas and experiences, but also to listen and discuss drinking and
sewage water problems across the country.
Arevik Hovsepian, the chairwoman of the "National Water Cooperation"
non-governmental organization told reporters that the main problem
of drinking water in Armenia is its quality.
"We have no problems with water sources, as they are very clean
meeting drinking water standards, but the water on the way from the
source to consumers gets contaminated. Many countries purify waste
water to provide it free to farmers for irrigation purposes. We also
need to achieve this," he said.
She also pointed out huge losses of water in the system, reaching
80-85% because of bad management and dilapidated pipes. -0-