Azerbaijan, Ganja, 21 July / corr. Trend S.Fataliyev / The Sheki water canal (Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) 'Sheki su kanali') stated necessity to review construction documents for restoration of water and sewage system in Shaki and Ganja, the Azerbaijani western cities.
"Documents on restoration of water and sewage system were developed in 2000. At present, these documents do not reflect the reality," Bayram Mammadov, the head of Sheki su kanali OJSC, told regional correspondent of Trend .
For example, primary documents did not envisage fall of rain water into sewage system. "New documents will include this matter," Mammadov said.
The issue on renewal of documents was discussed at a workshop held in Ganja on 16 July with the participation of KfW, the German development bank. Specialists discussed the issue on providing Sheki District with water and its receipt from rivers of the Azerbaijani north-western region at the workshop. German specialists offered that water ingeniously should fall into pools from rivers, as it is currently. Azerbaijani specialists consider that this system does not justify itself, because people remain without water for a long time during torrent. In return, Azerbaijani specialists offer more reliable drainage system. They believe that the construction of one-kilometer-long pipeline in a source river in a depth of 11m will enable safe reception of water and regular supply of water to people.
"Meetings were held in Baku on 18 July to complete discussions. The sum to be allocated to this project is still being determined. It is too early to speak about this matter until full preparedness of construction documents," Mammadov said.
The lump sum of the project amounts to €54.6mln and bank will allocate €37mln through loan, SECO will issue €10mln through grant and the Azerbaijani Government will allocate the rest amount. This project will be realized in 2008. The project will be completed in three years.
Drinking water will make 790 l a minute per head by 2020 and it will be increased to 975 l a minute by 2025 as a result of realization of the work on providing the regions with drinking water.