In order to solve the problem of potable water in Kazakhstan’s Mangystau region, it is planned to build 9 seawater desalination plants with an estimated cost of more than 247 billion Kazakh tenge ($541.4 million), Deputy Chairman of the Kazakh Construction and Housing-Communal Services Affairs Committee Azimbek Pazylbekuly said, Turanews.kz reports.
As of now, the Astrakhan-Magyshlak pipeline and desalinated sea water supply the region with safe drinking water. Their aggregate capacity makes some 164,000 cubic meters a day. In summer the region experiences water shortages up to 50,000 cubic meters a day.
“Currently, as part of the budget program of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development, a project is being implemented to expand the capacity of the Caspian Desalination Plant in Aktau to 40,000 cubic meters per day. The project will be completed by the end of this year,” Pazylbekuly said.
To solve water scarcity in the region it is planned to build 9 sea water desalination plants worth some 247 billion tenge.
Caspean sea water desalination plant extension project is being developed in the city of Aktau to date. By the year-end, it is projected to expand its capacity up to 40,000 cubic meters a day. Besides, construction of the sea water desalination plant on the Karazhanbas oilfield with a capacity of 17,000 cubic meters a day will complete this year through private investments.
