( MENAFN - Trend News Agency) ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, June 3. Turkmenistanplans to open a number of new water treatment plants by the end ofthis year, Trend reports. This was stated by President of Turkmenistan SerdarBerdimuhamedov, speaking on May 22 at the opening of a watertreatment plant in Bagtyyarlyk district of Ashgabat city with acapacity of 150,000 cubic meters of water per day.
He noted that water treatment plants supplied with modernequipment are being put into operation in all regions of thecountry, adding that one of them was recently opened in the villageof Yashlyk in the Ak Bugdai district of the Ahal region with atotal capacity of 30,000 cubic meters per day. "This year, it is also planned to commission several more watertreatment plants with a daily capacity of 30,000 cubic meters inTejen city in the Ahal region, 20,000 cubic meters in the Esengulidistrict, 30,000 cubic meters in the city of Kizilarvat in theBalkan region, 20,000 cubic meters in the Takhtabazar district, and25,000 cubic meters in the Turkmenkali district of the Maryregion," the president stressed. Meanwhile, Turkmenistan pays unflagging attention to improvingapproaches to water resources management and protection, creatingadditional water reserves, improving the water supply of cities andvillages, and increasing the capacity of reservoirs, rivercapacity, irrigation, and collector networks.
For these purposes, specialized projects are being implemented,and specialized machinery and equipment w.