Over the past six years, East Kazakhstan region has made a qualitative breakthrough in solving water supply problems

In East Kazakhstan, by the end of 2024, the issue of providing the population with clean drinking water will be resolved. This was announced by the Head of Energy and Housing Utilities Administration Almat Akishov during the meeting of the regional akimat.

Over the past six years, positive changes in solving water supply problems are taking place in East Kazakhstan region. So, today, the access to the centralized water supply in the region amounts to 92.8% or providing 1265,900 people. Previously, residents of private houses massively built wells and drilled wells, hoping to get potable water, but not always in artificial water intakes water is suitable for drinking without preliminary filtration and preparation. Since 2015, within the framework of the Ak bulak Program, for residents of cities and rural settlements of the region, problems with central water have been gradually solved.

At the moment, 529 out of 683 rural settlements already have high-quality drinking water. The indicator of providing the population with drinking water over a six-year period increased from 65.1% to 83.2%. The Head of Energy and Housing Utilities Administration Almat Akishov said that 152 projects were being implemented last year, 88 have been completed so far. These resulted in building of 16 water supplies, 51 block-modular stations, and reconstructing 21 water supplies in cities and villages.

- Such rates made it possible to provide more than 17,500 people with centralized water supply in 2020. We will continue these efforts. After all, 98 projects are planned to be commissioned this year. Including, 30 construction projects and 17

reconstructions, we will install 51 block-modular stations. We will cover 49,600 people, - said Almat Akishov.

According to the monitoring, 8 projects were commissioned in 2015, as a result of which 703 people were provided with clean water.

In 2016, 14 projects were commissioned, 6 of which are new construction. Additionally, 5,622 people got access to central water.

In 2017, this indicator increased up to 28 projects, where, as a result, 16,323 people are provided with quality drinking water.

In 2018, 50 projects were underway. 18 of them were completed, 246 km of networks were built and reconstructed, and 32 projects were transferred to 2019.

Along with the construction of water supply facilities in large settlements, at the expense of the local budget, the efforts were underway to additionally equip 15 wells in small villages for 2345 people. A total of 6470 people are additionally supplied with water.

In 2019, 20 projects were commissioned, including 8 ones were built, as a result of which 4,453 people have water in their houses.

Furthermore, 77 block-modular water treatment and distribution stations for 11,470 people have been installed in rural settlements with a population of less than 200 people. A total of 15,923 people are additionally supplied with drinking water.

- In recent years, our region has made very serious progress in solving long-standing problems in water supply. This is very encouraging, - says Akim of East Kazakhstan region Danial Akhmetov.

It’s worth noting that in 2022-2024 it is planned to build water supply in 73 rural settlements for 40,000 people. Implementing these plans will allow us by 2024 to provide 100% of the population of the region with centralized water supply.