Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 19 / Trend , J.Babayeva/
Modern osmose water-purifying equipment of Hyundai production was put into exploitation in the Muradkhan, Mollakand and Shikhimli villages of the Kurdamir region.
As a result, 2,007 residents of the Muradkhan village (40 cubic meters each day) will use drinkable water from 11 springs, 2,500 residents of the Mollakand village (50 cubic meters each day) - from 11 springs and 2,400 residents of the Shikhimli village (50 cubic meters each day) - from 10 springs, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources said.
In accordance with the Azerbaijani President's decree on measures to improve supply of people with ecologically pure water, dated back 20 June in 2007, it is planned to supply some populated areas, which use water of the Kur and Araz rivers as drinkable water, with ecologically pure water. So, it is planned to purify water for 166,000 villagers with water in line with standards of the World Health Organization through installation of module type of water purifying units in 100 villages, which suffer from water deficit. At present measures continue to provide 50 populated areas of 12 villages with qualitative water.
More than 55,000 residents of 50 settlements of Yevlakh, Zardab, Kurdamir, Imihsli, Sabirabad, Saatli, Salyan and Neftchala Regions, who suffered from drinkable water deficit, have been provided with pure water in 2007 under the President's decree.
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