Azerbaijan
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Water Profile: Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is poor in terms of available water resources. A large part of the country, notably the Kura-Araz lowlands and the Absheron peninsula, has a significant water deficit due to low precipitation and high evaporation. This part, which houses more than 70% of the population, is completely dependent on irrigation for its agricultural production.
The Kura is the main river in the region. Its source is in Turkey, and the river and its tributaries flow through Georgia, Armenia, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan before discharging into the Caspian Sea. The Kura river basin covers 80% of the territory of Azerbaijan. The general absence of waste-water treatment in the river basin with a population of 11 million and economic activities results in very low water quality in the region and especially in Azerbaijan. This is a major problem, with Azerbaijan being dependant on the Kura river for more than 70% of its drinking water supply.
The coastal areas to the north and south of the Kura basin are drained by smaller rivers to the Caspian Sea. One of these is the Samur river, on the border with Dagestan (Russian Federation), which plays an important role for water supply to Baku and for irrigation of Absheron. Groundwater provides only about 5% of the total water abstraction. It plays an important role, however, for irrigation and water supply to provincial towns and rural areas, especially in the foothills of the mountain ranges.
Water Resources
RIVER BASINS, SURFACE & GROUNDWATER, WASTERWATER, IRRIGATION/DRAINAGE ETC ETC
Water Management
Water Policy/legislative context
Recent Projects/Experience: Azerbaijan
UNDP-Projects
Regional:
Caspian Environment Programme (UNDP/GEF, EU-TACIS, UNEP, World Bank, 2003-2007) Reducing Transboundary Degradation in the Kura/Aras River Basin(UNDP/GEF, SIDA, 2005-2007 ff.)
Others
National:
SDC - Rehabilitation of the water supply in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan 2002-2003
Regional:
NATO Peace for Science Program - Cooperative River Monitoring, Armenia/Azerbaijan/Georgia 2003-2006
USAID - Water Management in the South Caucasus
Lessons Learned
TO COMPLETE
Useful Reports: Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Human Development Report 2003
Azaerbaijan Progresses Toward the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
Azerbaijan Country Profile for Johannesburg Summit 2002
National Implementation of Agenda 21
Azerbaijan Progresses Toward the Achievement of the MDGs
Environmental Performance Review Chapter 7 Water Management
Azerbaijan - Water Supply and Sanitation Data for 1990 and 2004
Who's Who? Meet the Water Community of Practice in Azerbaijan
- CoP-Members
- Hamidreza Ghaffarzadeh
- User:Tim.turner
- User:Melina.seyfollahzadeh
- User:Mary.Matthews
- User:Jamila.ibrahimova
- User:Hamid.ghaffarzadeh
- User:Ardalan.sotoudeh
- Contacts
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See also
- Azaerbaijan Progresses Toward the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
- Azerbaijan - Water Supply and Sanitation Data for 1990 and 2004
- Azerbaijan Country Profile for Johannesburg Summit 2002
- Azerbaijan Human Development Report 2003
- Azerbaijan Progresses Toward the Achievement of the MDGs
- CEP/MEG/Azerbaijan
- Fostering Dialogue between Riparian States for Development and Establishment of Initial Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Increased Cooperation and Joint Management of the Kura-Aras River Basin
- NATO Peace for Science Program - Cooperative River Monitoring, Armenia/Azerbaijan/Georgia 2003-2006
- Private Sector Participation in Water Supply And Sanitation of the Secondary Towns of Azerbaijan
- Reducing Trans-boundary Degradation of the Kura-Aras River Basin - SIDA/UNDP component
- Reducing Transboundary Degradation in the Kura/Aras River Basin
- SDC - Cross-border environmental projects, Caucasus 2001-2004
- SDC - Development Programme for Mountain and Highland Areas in Azerbaijan (RDPMHA), Azerbaijan 2003-2004
- SDC - Rehabilitation of the water supply in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan 2002-2003
- Sustainable Management of Aquifers in the South Caucasus Region
- USAID - Water Management in the South Caucasus
- Water Quantity and Quality in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
Materials on UN-sites
- UNDP Azerbaijan
- WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation: Azerbaijan Water Data
- WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation: Azerbaijan Sanitation Data
External Links
- ADB-Country Water Action:Azerbaijan Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Goychay, Agdash, and Nakhchivan
- Earthtrends Azerbaijan
- World Bank Azerbaijan Water Sector Review and Strategy
- Asian Development Bank: Water for all by 2010 in Azerbaijan
Notes
- [1] FAO Factsheet Azerbaijan
- [2] WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation: Azerbaijan Water Data
- [3] WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation: Azerbaijan Sanitation Data
UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, THIS PAGE IS ACCURATE AS OF OCTOBER 2008
