Baku: Ecologically clean water is set to be discharged into the Caspian Sea as part of a comprehensive initiative to improve water supply and wastewater systems in the Baku-Absheron Peninsula. Zaur Mikayilov, Chairman of the State Agency for Water Resources, highlighted these plans during a meeting dedicated to the 2026-2035 State Program, emphasizing the primary objectives of enhancing both drinking water and sewerage systems.
According to Azeri-Press News Agency, the initiative will involve constructing 12 new collectors in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, with seven already underway. Mikayilov explained that these collectors are part of a two-phase plan involving the construction of main trunk lines to provide sewerage systems for areas in the eastern part of Absheron, ultimately resulting in the installation of trunk collectors spanning 346 kilometers. To alleviate the load on the existing Hovsan wastewater treatment plant, nine additional treatment plants are slated for construction, including the Alat wastewater treatment plant, which will support the Alat economic zone.
The ongoing development includes the construction of the Sahil, Lokbatan, and Mushfigabad treatment plants, as well as the expansion of the Sumgait city wastewater treatment plant. Plans are also in place for the Boyukshor treatment plant, aimed at regulating Lake Boyukshor’s ecological condition, and the new Pirallahi treatment plant. Additionally, the modernization and commissioning of the Pirshagi and Shuvalan treatment plants, alongside the implementation of biological treatment, are intended to ensure that networks in these areas connect to the treatment plants through main trunk lines. This will enable the release of ecologically clean water into the Caspian Sea, with further plans for water reuse for technical and irrigation purposes at several treatment plants. The overarching objective is to achieve 95 percent coverage of the sewerage systems, as emphasized by Mikayilov.