In the Baku Expo Centre from April 11 to 13 will be held the first Caspian International Exhibition and Forum "Technologies for water treatment and water treatment" CATEF 2013. The organizers - the state of "Azersu" and the company Iteca Caspian LLC held a press conference today.
Business Development Director of Iteca Caspian LLC Bahruz Hidayetzadeh said that in the debut exhibition was attended by 79 companies from 23 countries. They provide their services on water supply, wastewater and storm water, geothermal technologies, technology, desalination of sea water, etc. Over 50% of participants are foreign companies, including Awas Krohne, Herrenknecht PWT (Germany), AG DOW (USA), Duktus (Austria), Ekoton (Russia), Grundfos (Denmark), Hyundai (South Korea), Hungarian Water Cluster ( Hungary), Nippon Koei (Japan), Nordic Water-EMO (Switzerland), Samsun Makina (Turkey), Suez Environment (France), Xylem (Sweden) and others.
Head of the Department of Public Relations of Azersu Anar Dzhabrailly noted that the government of Azerbaijan attaches greater importance to the improvement of water supply and sanitation. Therefore, it is interested in the application of advanced technologies that enable the efficient use of water resources and water purification. Today is reconstructing water supply and sanitation services in 38 regions of the country, in 28 of which the operator is JSC "Azersu". Only from foreign sources (World Bank, ADB, the Saudi Fund for Development, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, KfW, etc.) borrowed loans totaling $ 1,277 million in 2012-2013 from the state budget for the implementation of works on reconstruction of water supply 1310 manats. This year we plan to complete the work in 6-7 areas.
Referring to the work in Baku, the representative of "Azersu" said that by the end of this year, is scheduled to be commissioned in the water main eastern towns, where the population is mainly uses well water. In some villages the water supplied water-carrier. By 2014 it is planned to improve the water supply of 0.5 million people in the western towns of the capital. In the central part of the city 60% of the population is an ode to fail. A few years ago the figure was 35%. According to Dzhabrailly, 22 cubic meters of water per second will be sufficient to fully support the population in the tank 24 hours a day. - 08C-
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