Armenia Requires $1bn for Drinking Water Supply Systems

Armenian Water and Sewerage Company (AWSC) will require a $1bn investment to improve the drinking water supply system in the country.

AWSC director general Patrick Lorin said $100m has been invested for the modernisation of the system by 2011, and the government will take a loan of $100m to achieve the goal of providing 17 hours of water supply in the country by 2017.

Currently the firm is implementing a large investment project in Hrazdan, and is planning to carry out various projects to solve the water purification problem by means of installing relative devices, reports panARMENIAN,net.

AWSC has served 37 cities and 300 communities to date, except for Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor and Armavir.