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    SAFE DRINKING WATER REACHES 100,000 ARMENIANS, THANKS TO THE UNITED STATES

    http://www.reporter.am/index.cfm?objectid= E3B2210A-942B-11DE-8CE10003FF3452C2
    Friday August 28, 2009

    Artashat Water Supply Project is completed

    Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II joined U.S. Ambassdor
    Marie L. Yovanovitch, Ararat Governor Vardges Hovakimyan, and other
    representatives of the Armenian government, the United States Agency
    for International Development, the Fund for Armenian Relief, and the
    Armenian Water Company on August 26 to mark the successful completion
    of a $3.16 million USAID water-supply project. With the ceremony,
    three project-supported daily regulating reservoirs were handed over
    to the Armenian Water Company.

    The project aimed to increase the volume of water delivered by
    gravity flow from Garni sources, which will be accumulated in new and
    rehabilitated reservoirs and distributed through new water mains. About
    100,000 residents of Artashat town and 27 surrounding villages are
    expected to benefit from a significantly improved safe drinking-water
    supply. The project has also helped reduce energy consumption by
    eliminating the need to pump water from the deep wells around Artashat.

    The two-year project is currently USAID/Armenia's largest capital
    investment initiative. Project activities launched in May 2007 and
    included the installation of approximately 50 kilometers of new water
    mains and distribution lines, the construction of a new 4,000 cubic
    meter reservoir, and the rehabilitation of two existing ones.

    In her opening remarks at the ceremony, Ms. Yovanovitch noted the
    social and economic benefits of the project, which will now make
    safe and clean potable water accessible to target communities in
    Artashat. "I am confident that the project will significantly improve
    the health and well-being of people in this area and will support the
    government of Armenia in its efforts to foster economic development
    of the regions outside of Yerevan," she said.
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