Potable Water for Inhabitants of Goyudijik Settlement
Grant MSGP-TK02-04

The southwestern region of the Caspian, namely the Western Turkmen lowland, is covered with sand, clay and saline soil. The groundwater is scarce and the average annual precipitation is about 150 mm. So, the region always feels a deficit of potable and irrigation water. Goyudjik settlement is located in this region. Near the settlement, there is a manganese mine. There are wells near this mine, where water is extracted. There is no drinking water in the area around the settlement. The inhabitants of the settlement consume potable water delivered by trucks. One truck of water with a volume 5 cubic meters costs 250 000 manats, which is very expensive for ordinary families.

The objective of this project is to provide potable water either from the mining area or from the sea in order to combat the shortage of drinking water in the region. Originally, it was planned to extract potable and irrigated water from a well at the manganese mining area. However, the water analysis showed that the mining water had too much impurity; so the attention was turned to the distillation of sea water. The project aims to obtain potable and irrigation water for the inhabitants of a settlement and to supply drinking-water to 500 families by collecting and cleaning the brackish water and then desalinating the water with the use of the electrical dialysis unit. Thus, the necessary equipment like water tank, tubes, pumps and the distilling plant was purchased. Then the equipment was transported and installed at the project site. The sea water and the distilled water samples are being analyzed regularly and the distilled water samples have passed the stated standards for irrigation and drinking water. Currently, the project is at its final stages to operate at full capacity and deliver the much needed potable water to the settlement. It is hoped that with the successful implementation of this project, the other settlements in the area could use the same procedure for obtaining drinking water.

Project Budget: 58,475 USD  Total Grant: 28,995 USD