“Esteemed Mr. President, first of all, I would like to bring to your attention some information regarding the current socio-economic development and demographic growth in the city of Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, which are among the key factors taken into account in preparing this program,” Zaur Mikayilov, Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Water Resources Agency, said during a meeting on water supply in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, APA reports.
“The water supply and sewerage systems in Baku were largely designed by the late 1980s, and since then the area of residential settlements has increased 2.6 times, while the population has grown 2.1 times. The service life of the main trunk pipelines has long expired, and modern monitoring systems in place do not meet standards in any way. Considering that many of these systems were designed to last 40–50 years, their operational lifespan has already ended.
In addition, the connection of most stormwater collectors to sewerage lines has created additional loads on the systems. All rainwater drainage systems that once existed in Baku were converted into sewerage collectors in the 1990s.
The limited maximum capacity of the main collectors relative to the volume of generated wastewater is naturally linked both to population growth, as mentioned above, and to the discharge of stormwater into these collectors.
Another serious issue, Mr. President, is the encroachment on the protection zones of many trunk pipelines. Recent analyses conducted in Baku regarding the main sewerage lines have shown that more than 1,600 individual residential or other structures exist that make the operation of these pipelines difficult or even impossible. This, in some areas, results in the collapse of expired sewerage systems and damage to residents’ homes,” Zaur Mikayilov noted.
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