An opening ceremony of Goygol-Ganja transmission main has been held

   On Semptember 14 an opening ceremony of Goygol-Genje transmission main has been held in Genje in the frame of “Open Municipal Infrastructure Program II” funded by the Republic of Azerbaijan and KfW (Germany) and SECO organization of Swiss.

   Addressing the ceremony Deputy Prime minister Abid Sharifov said that reconstruction of water supply and sewerage systems is one of the priority goals: “Since 1994 the Government of Azerbaijan has cooperating with the German Development Bank and during this period the Bank has allocated loans and grants for different projects, as well as water supply and sewerage sector. Water supply and sewerage infrastructures in Genje and Sheki cities are carried out at the expense of the loan allocated by the Bank. In the next few years drinking water supply and sanitation systems in Genje will be completely reconstructed.”

   On behalf of residents Elmar Veliyev, head of Genje city Executive Power expressed his gratitude to President İlham Aliyev for his attention and care to improvement of water supply and sewerage systems in Genje.

   Dagmar Woehrl, German Member of Parliament and Chairwoman of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development, highly evaluated the development of cooperation between two countries and noted that in the future Germany will continue to invest in projects in Azerbaijan.

   Then first Deputy Chairman of “Azersu” OJSC Teyyub Jabbarov stated that comprehensive measures are carried out in order to improve drinking water supply and sewerage systems in Genje.

   Note that “Open Municipal Infrastructure Program II” funded by the Republic of Azerbaijan and KfW (Germany) and SECO organization of Swiss is designed for reconstruction of water supply and sewerage systems in Genje and Sheki cities.

   In accordance with the project construction work has been launched in September, 2011.

  At the first phase the water sources have been rehabilitated and transmission mains have been laid. Taking account the relief and perspective development for supplying Ganja city with drinking water from various sources is considered advisable. With this purpose 3 water sources (Goygol, Gizilgaya drainage systems, and Shamkirchay water reservoir) have been chosen.

   Construction and installation work on Goygol water source is nearly completion in the frame of the first phase. At the same time at this phase the drainage system with capacity of 200l/s has been rehabilitated, new water reservoir with capacity of 4000 cubic meters has been constructed and a transmission main of 24,5km from the source till the reservoir has been laid. 20 percent of 63 thousand people in Ganja city will be supplied with drinking water on “24 hours a day” basis from this source.

   In parallel with this, reconstruction works have been carried out in Gizilgaya water source. A water reservoir with productivity of 2000 cubic meters and water lines of 9,5 km have been constructed. Construction of 2 water reservoirs with total capacity of 10 thousand cubic meters is nearly completion.

  Approximately 60 percent of drinking water needs in Ganja city will be meet from Shamkirchay reservoir. The reservoir water will be transmitted to Water Treatment Plant with capacity of 17 thousand cubic meters that to be constructed in Gizilgaya by transmission main of 27,5km. Presently the construction of transmission main is continued.

  At the same time drinking water and sewerage networks in Ganja under construction. In accordance with the project a section of 30km of distributional water lines of 576km and section of 32km of sewerage network of 582km have been laid. In the future the wastewater of Ganja city will be discharged Wastewater Treatment Plant to be built.

   Installation of pre-paid smart-card water meters started firstly in multi-storey building. So far 7 thousand customers in 119 buildings have been supplied with smart-card water meters.