Reports on Environment and Urban Development for Alaverdy

GEO ALAVERDI: ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

The highest activity is in the center of the city – 252 vehicles/per hour. However, the load of the street in that part of the city does not exceed 0,2. Currently, the length of all streets of the city is 27,2 km. In perspective, that indicator can reach 40 km. There is a cable-way working in Alaverdi, which joins the left low bank of Debed River to the upper bank, to Sarahart, shortening the way by 5.2 km. The city has a bus route and a micro-bus route transportation means, which link the center to Sarahart and Sanahin. 4.2 Water supply and wastewater collection The drinking and industrial water supply in Alaverdi is performed through totally 22 captations in the area of Lori Berd, the total capacity of which is 180- 220 l/sec. The consumers of water in the city are the population, small and medium food, beverage and other industries, including the mining company (ACP CJSC, production of alcohol free drinks, bread, cheese, textile), as well as the big and small cattle farms. The water supply system consists of Lori Berd captations, Lori-Berd-Alaverdi water main, daily supply reservoirs, and the incomplete water distribution network. ● The totally 22 captations with a capacity of 180-220 l/sec. are located by Lori Berd village, fromwhere the water fl ows by gravity to an accumulation pit by village Karmir Aghegi and then continues toAlaverdi. The length of the water main to the point it reaches Alaverdi is 23 km. ● The water main passes by Tsater, Karmir Aghegi, Odzun villages and through village Akori. ● The extraction of water is made by a liquid chlorine station, constructed by village Karmir Aghegi. ● The Lori-Berd-Alaverdi water main supplies water to: “Sarahart” daily supply reservoirs, with capacities of W=2x400m - 3 , W=2x500m 3 , constructed in 1986. The DSRs of the district called Jravazan (water basin), with capacities - of W= 2x 400m 3 and W=1x 300m 3 , constructed in 1986. There are daily supply reservoirs in Sanahin, Piruzyan Akner and Lenhanqer communities with capacities of 2x150m 3 , 1x300m 3 , 1x400m 3 and 1x300m 3 , respectively, which are not fed from the water main. The consumers in the communities of Lenhanqer and Akner use the local water sources, located within the territories of the communities. A pumping station was constructed in the past to provide for the supply to Akner community, which is not working now.

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