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ICRC: Remote villages in Armenia have safer and easier access to clean
drinking water
19:24, 06 Dec 2014
Residents of the remote village of Movses, in the Tavush region along
the international border with Azerbaijan, now have safer and easier
access to clean drinking water thanks to support from the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in Armenia.
The ICRC improved the water network, bringing drinking water much
closer to residents, and built a water source catchment to feed a
reservoir serving the 1,350 village residents. Projects of this kind
form a part of the ICRC's broader assistance programmes for
border-area communities.
In connection with this project benefiting 11 households, the existing
water network was enhanced with an additional 580-metre pipeline, a
3,000-litre plastic water tank, and a self-closing public tap to
prevent unnecessary water leakage. These measures brought drinking
water closer to the homes of residents, who previously had to cover
long distances to collect it from the nearest source.
"There was no access to drinking water in this district for ages, and
people living here, most of them elderly, would have to walk up to 800
metres to collect water for their daily needs," said Ararat Avalyan,
the village mayor. "We appreciate the fact that our problems were
taken into consideration by the ICRC and that they have been resolved
in this way."
"The hilly topography of the district posed a challenge," said Ruben
Baghdasaryan, an ICRC engineer. "So we came up with an engineering
solution which was to bring the water through gravity flow. This made
it possible to avoid installing a water pump and all the maintenance
costs that would entail."
The ICRC also built a water source catchment in Movses. From now on,
water will run through a newly laid 200-metre pipeline into a
100-cubic-metre reservoir. Safely collected, the water can be used by
the whole village as needed and especially in times of water shortage
and droughts.
"We work closely with civilians who reside in insecure areas along the
international border and design our community assistance projects on
the basis of their needs," said Aslan Bzhikhatlov, an ICRC economic
security specialist. "This year, similar projects were also
implemented in the Chinari and Nerkin Karmiraghbyur villages of
Tavush."
The total budget of the project in Movses, including compensation for
labour provided by community members, came to around 10,000 Swiss
francs (approximately 4,400,000 Armenian drams).
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/12/06/icrc-remote-villages-in-armenia-have-safer-and-easier-access-to-clean-drinking-water/
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19:24, 06 Dec 2014
Residents of the remote village of Movses, in the Tavush region along
the international border with Azerbaijan, now have safer and easier
access to clean drinking water thanks to support from the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in Armenia.
The ICRC improved the water network, bringing drinking water much
closer to residents, and built a water source catchment to feed a
reservoir serving the 1,350 village residents. Projects of this kind
form a part of the ICRC's broader assistance programmes for
border-area communities.
In connection with this project benefiting 11 households, the existing
water network was enhanced with an additional 580-metre pipeline, a
3,000-litre plastic water tank, and a self-closing public tap to
prevent unnecessary water leakage. These measures brought drinking
water closer to the homes of residents, who previously had to cover
long distances to collect it from the nearest source.
"There was no access to drinking water in this district for ages, and
people living here, most of them elderly, would have to walk up to 800
metres to collect water for their daily needs," said Ararat Avalyan,
the village mayor. "We appreciate the fact that our problems were
taken into consideration by the ICRC and that they have been resolved
in this way."
"The hilly topography of the district posed a challenge," said Ruben
Baghdasaryan, an ICRC engineer. "So we came up with an engineering
solution which was to bring the water through gravity flow. This made
it possible to avoid installing a water pump and all the maintenance
costs that would entail."
The ICRC also built a water source catchment in Movses. From now on,
water will run through a newly laid 200-metre pipeline into a
100-cubic-metre reservoir. Safely collected, the water can be used by
the whole village as needed and especially in times of water shortage
and droughts.
"We work closely with civilians who reside in insecure areas along the
international border and design our community assistance projects on
the basis of their needs," said Aslan Bzhikhatlov, an ICRC economic
security specialist. "This year, similar projects were also
implemented in the Chinari and Nerkin Karmiraghbyur villages of
Tavush."
The total budget of the project in Movses, including compensation for
labour provided by community members, came to around 10,000 Swiss
francs (approximately 4,400,000 Armenian drams).
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/12/06/icrc-remote-villages-in-armenia-have-safer-and-easier-access-to-clean-drinking-water/