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36 ARMENIAN CITIES TO HAVE 13-HOUR WATER SUPPLY A DAY IN LATE 2008
Author: Tonoyan Susanna
Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 8 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. By late 2008, 36 Armenian cities,
including Sevan, Dilijan, Ashtarak, Charentsavan, Tsakhkadzor, Aparan
and Gavar will have a 13-hour water supply a day.
The director of Armwatercanal company Patrick Loren said at the
October 8 press conference that Saur company (France) - the manager
of Armwatercanal has assumed this obligation. According to him,
these cities will be provided with 24-hour water supply no earlier
than in 2013.
P. Loren said that water supply improvement work is now underway in
the indicated cities. Particularly, the 2-hour water supply will be
increased to 8-10 hours in Sevan by the end of this year, and two
water treatment stations will be put into operation in Dilijan.
Measures against illegal water connections are being taken in parallel.
In the words of P. Loren, the World Bank provided a 25 million-dollar
credit for improvement of the system, 15 million dollars of which
is considered as an investment, while the remaining sum has been
allocated for administrative expenditures. The Asian Bank intends to
provide another 40 million dollars. The French manager has allocated
only small sums from its own resources: last year, small programs
of 150 million drams (about 44 thousand dollars) were implemented,
and programs of 200 million drams have been implemented this year.
P. Loren noted that in addition to the indicated cities, 286 villages
(where commercal losses make up 80%) are serviced by their company.
According to him, the current tariff of 140 drams is quite low. The
company has already submitted a bid for raising the tariff by 30%
to the RA Public Services Regulatory Commission and the bid has been
rejected. Nevertheless, in his words, the company will insist on
its proposal.
It was pointed out that the payment collection level has increased
and now makes 70% or 200 million drams a month. The company has no
debts but its bills receivable amount to about 10 billion drams.
Author: Tonoyan Susanna
Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 8 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. By late 2008, 36 Armenian cities,
including Sevan, Dilijan, Ashtarak, Charentsavan, Tsakhkadzor, Aparan
and Gavar will have a 13-hour water supply a day.
The director of Armwatercanal company Patrick Loren said at the
October 8 press conference that Saur company (France) - the manager
of Armwatercanal has assumed this obligation. According to him,
these cities will be provided with 24-hour water supply no earlier
than in 2013.
P. Loren said that water supply improvement work is now underway in
the indicated cities. Particularly, the 2-hour water supply will be
increased to 8-10 hours in Sevan by the end of this year, and two
water treatment stations will be put into operation in Dilijan.
Measures against illegal water connections are being taken in parallel.
In the words of P. Loren, the World Bank provided a 25 million-dollar
credit for improvement of the system, 15 million dollars of which
is considered as an investment, while the remaining sum has been
allocated for administrative expenditures. The Asian Bank intends to
provide another 40 million dollars. The French manager has allocated
only small sums from its own resources: last year, small programs
of 150 million drams (about 44 thousand dollars) were implemented,
and programs of 200 million drams have been implemented this year.
P. Loren noted that in addition to the indicated cities, 286 villages
(where commercal losses make up 80%) are serviced by their company.
According to him, the current tariff of 140 drams is quite low. The
company has already submitted a bid for raising the tariff by 30%
to the RA Public Services Regulatory Commission and the bid has been
rejected. Nevertheless, in his words, the company will insist on
its proposal.
It was pointed out that the payment collection level has increased
and now makes 70% or 200 million drams a month. The company has no
debts but its bills receivable amount to about 10 billion drams.