MINSK, 10 January (BelTA) – On 10 January, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko will take part in a ceremony that will mark the transition of the Minsk water supply system to artesian wells, BelTA has learned.
In July 2022, Aleksandr Lukashenko signed an order to implement an investment project that provides that Minsk’s entire water supply system will switch to underground artesian wells within 2022-2025. Until now, Moskovsky District and Frunzensky District of the capital, where nearly half of the city’s population lives, used water from surface sources.
During this time, new wells were drilled, pumping equipment was upgraded, more than 114 km of new water pipelines were installed, new water treatment engineering structures were built.
On 7 January Aleksandr Lukashenko announced that the remaining districts of Minsk would switch to artesian water in the coming days.
“We’ve dug out 90 wells in order to fully supply Minsk with clean water,” he said.
The president explained that Minsk uses a total of over 400,000m3 of water per day and it had been necessary to secure additional water supply from underground sources to the tune of 120,000-130,000m3.
“For whom do we do it? For our own nation. Frankly speaking, we didn’t have to do it,” the president noted.
Indeed, many countries use water from sources on the ground. “But we’ve done it. Because I know that people will remember it forever. And they will be grateful. Because air, water, and our food are the foundation of life. Not medications. But these things. Air and water are the things people cannot live without,” the head of state concluded.
In July 2022, Aleksandr Lukashenko signed an order to implement an investment project that provides that Minsk’s entire water supply system will switch to underground artesian wells within 2022-2025. Until now, Moskovsky District and Frunzensky District of the capital, where nearly half of the city’s population lives, used water from surface sources.
During this time, new wells were drilled, pumping equipment was upgraded, more than 114 km of new water pipelines were installed, new water treatment engineering structures were built.
On 7 January Aleksandr Lukashenko announced that the remaining districts of Minsk would switch to artesian water in the coming days.
“We’ve dug out 90 wells in order to fully supply Minsk with clean water,” he said.
The president explained that Minsk uses a total of over 400,000m3 of water per day and it had been necessary to secure additional water supply from underground sources to the tune of 120,000-130,000m3.
“For whom do we do it? For our own nation. Frankly speaking, we didn’t have to do it,” the president noted.
Indeed, many countries use water from sources on the ground. “But we’ve done it. Because I know that people will remember it forever. And they will be grateful. Because air, water, and our food are the foundation of life. Not medications. But these things. Air and water are the things people cannot live without,” the head of state concluded.
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