Armenia : Water Sector Note
The Government of Armenia (GOA) has a progressive policy for supporting development of water and wastewater services to the country's 3.1million population. Armenia was originally faced with increasing demand, deteriorating assets and dilapida...
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Format: | Other Environmental Study |
Language: | English |
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World Bank
2012
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Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20120203002350 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2816 |
Summary: | The Government of Armenia (GOA) has a
progressive policy for supporting development of water and
wastewater services to the country's 3.1million
population. Armenia was originally faced with increasing
demand, deteriorating assets and dilapidated infrastructure,
which resulted in a steadily decreasing and costly provision
of service. Huge investment efforts have been made during
the Soviet period in order to provide modern drinking water
and wastewater services to all domestic and professional,
urban and rural users. For many years after the collapse of
the Soviet economy, most of the water supply and sanitation
systems in Armenia were in serious state of disrepair.
Despite an abundance of water in the country, for almost all
Armenians, water was available for only a few hours a day.
Over the past decade GoA has strived to improve access,
reliability and quality of the drinking water and its
infrastructure with increased use of public-private
partnerships (PPPs), which have changed the way it manages
the sector and brought about improvements in quality and
service to customers. Since GOA's decision on how to
proceed depends not only on Armenian Water and Sewerage
Company (AWSC's) setup, but also on a broader
sector-wide strategic approach to water supply, this policy
note (Note) reviews the existing situation for integrated
water management in Armenia, with the objectives of: a)
providing guidance on improving levels of service, b)
ensuring long term sustainability of the sector, and c)
maintaining affordability of services to users towards cost
recovery of operations. The note analyses current sector
performance and issues involved in establishing a practical
water supply service provision. The recommendations are
focused on providing specific sector policy options for
effective management of water services to meet GOA's
development objectives. |
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