The city of Neftchala has started to receive drinking water from a new source

The project implemented in accordance with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev’s order on improving water supply of Neftchala, where there was a drinking water shortage, has been completed. From the early November, the city of Neftchala began to receive high-quality and sustainable drinking water from a new source.

According to the project launched in June 2020, it was decided to supply drinking water to Neftchala from the Shirvan-Mugan group water pipeline. For this purpose, the construction of a 40 km long transmission main of 560 mm diameter polyethylene pipes from the part of the transmission main passing near the city of Salyan to the city of Neftchala has begun. The construction of the main line was carried out in a complex geographical area. At 16 points, crossings had been installed at the intersections of highways and rural roads, and at 18 points at the intersections with various irrigation and drainage canals. The most difficult part of the construction was carried out at the intersection with the Kura River, and for this purpose, a 262-meter-long suspension bridge was built with special metal structures.

To provide the villages and settlements of Neftchala region with sustainable drinking water, the construction of the second transmission main from the Shirvan-Mugan group water pipeline to the region is planned at the next stage. Due to the new infrastructure, more than 80,000 residents of Neftchala will have access to quality and sustainable drinking water.

In the future, it is planned to reconstruct the drinking and wastewater networks of Neftchala, which were built during the Soviet period and reached the end of their service life. According to the project, 118 km of drinking and 116 km of wastewater networks will be created in Neftchala, as well as in Banka and Kurkand settlements adjacent to the city center, and a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 4,000 cubic meters per day will be built.

It should be noted that due to the drought in recent years, the water level in the Kura River decreased in the summer of 2020 and as a result of the Caspian Sea mixing with river water, the supply of drinking water from the Kura source to Neftchala and more than 30 villages was suspended. In order to solve the problem, “Azersu” OJSC, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Neftchala District Executive Power took urgent measures to meet the population's demand for drinking water in an alternative way. For this purpose, vehicles were involved to transport water from the city of Salyan and temporary water tanks were installed in the settlements. After the commissioning of the new pipeline, the transportation of water to Neftchala by trucks was suspended.