THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS IN YEREVAN’S WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM, SERGE POPOFF ADMITS
Author: Tonoyan Susanna Editor: Eghian Robert

Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Sept 26 2007

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Although the quality of water
supply has improved a bit as compared with last year, there are
some problems in the system. The director general of Yerevan Water
company Serge Popoff said at the September 26 press conference that
the monitoring results show 40% improvement and 15% deterioration in
the water-supply schedules of the city communities. He pointed out
the efficient operation of 1-85 hot line, to which 40 thousand calls
have been registered in the past three months.

According to S. Popoff, 8 million dollars has been invested in the
system in the past year, while in 2006 investments will make 7 million
dollars. The total amount of credit resources allocated by the World
bank for improving the city water supply system makes 18 million
dollars. 17 million euros will be invested at the expense of raising
the drinking water tariff, that is, Veola company (France) – Yerevan
Water’s shareholder will not make investments with its own resources.

It was announced that the French government intends to allocate a 26
million-euro credit for improvement of Yerevan’s water-supply system.