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Presidential Resolution No. PP-2910 “On Program for complex development and modernization of potable water supply and canalization for the period of 2017-2021”.

Country/Territory
Uzbekistan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Water
Keyword
Policy/planning Potable water Public health Special fund Freshwater resources management Freshwater pollution Water supply Sewerage Effluent waste water/discharge Waterworks Pollution control
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
This Presidential Resolution enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

The President, considering that the constant increase in the number of families and districts, the construction of hundreds of new residential areas, settlements and urban expansion require effective measures to radically improve the water supply and sanitation system aimed at modernizing water abstraction and sewage treatment plants, water discharge, pumping stations, distribution units, water supply and sewage networks on the basis of modern energy-saving and resource-saving technologies. Taking into account these important tasks, the adopted resolution aims at creating more comfortable and favorable social and living conditions for the general population, especially in rural areas, taking into account the provision of universal access to quality potable water for consumers, as well as increasing the efficiency of water and sanitation services in the country for the period 2017-2021. In particular, the resolution affirms: consolidated and targeted parameters of the Program for integrated development and modernization of potable water supply and sanitation systems for 2017-2021, in the section of areas and settlements where construction and reconstruction of 10,2 thousand kilometers of water pipelines and water supply networks is planned, 1677 units water intake wells, 1744 units of water towers and reservoirs, as well as installation of 1440 units of pump equipment; the targeted program for the construction and reconstruction of the potable water supply system of interregional destination and especially important facilities for the period 2017-2021, where it is planned to implement large projects for the construction and reconstruction of 20 water supply facilities, laying of 302 kilometers of water pipelines and water supply networks; targeted program for the construction and reconstruction of the potable water supply and sewage system of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and regions for 2017-2021 with the attraction of loans from international financial institutions, where 36 investment projects are planned. The resolution also provides for the establishment of the Clean Water Fund, which will be used for further development and modernization of the entire water supply and sewage system, and providing the population with quality potable water, especially in rural areas. The implementation of the resolution will allow: (a) radically improve water supply and sewage systems in cities, regions and districts; (b) increase the population coverage by centralized water supply in the country by 84 per cent, and in some regions up to 90 per cent; and (c) create more comfortable and favorable social and living conditions for the general population, especially in rural areas.

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