Water supply and sewage Aktobe

The water supply and sewage systems of the city of Aktobe began to be laid in the 30s of the XX century , after the city (then still Aktobe ) became the administrative center of the newly formed Aktobe region .

On October 3, 1937, the city administration of the water supply network for the sale of water "Vososvet" was established, in charge of which there were two wells, a pump station of the second ascent and five kilometers of water supply networks. In 1937, another 11.8 km of water supply networks were built, 3 wells appeared and a pressure tank with a volume of 600 m³ ^[1] .

In the 1950s, two more wells were drilled on the Ilek River, and the only Ilek water intake located in the area of ​​the bridge near the Kirpichny village. In 1963, the Sazdinsky water plant and the water tower were launched on Karl Liebknecht Street. In 1965, water intakes of housing estates, 4 wells, 50 km of water supply networks, 20.9 km of sewerage networks and filtration fields of 28 hectares were launched. In the following years, KNS No. 7 and No. 8, the Zhilgorodskaya water intake and 10 wells were commissioned, and KNS No. 6 was built, which received wastewater from the microdistricts and fed to the filtration fields. In 1967 the Tamdinsky water intake (10 wells) was built. In 1972-1976, 2 Ilek water intakes (20 wells) were built. In 1979-1980, the second phase of the sewage system was built, which included KNS No. 11 and other sewage treatment plants. In 1983-1985, the Upper Kargaly water intake (28 wells) was built; in 1985, the construction of the Kundaktykyr water intake bush was started ^[1] .

Akbulak Joint Stock Company ( Kaz.Abқlaұ ), which provides the city with drinking water and wastewater treatment , was formed on December 30, 1993 from the reorganized Aktobe city water and sewage management department, which has been operating since 1937. At present, water is supplied from the Ilek (right and left), Tamda, Upper-Kargalinsky and Kundaktykyrsky water intakes . The company employs 1,137 people, the total length of water supply networks is 814.4 km, and the length of sewer networks is 482.79 km ^[1] . As part of the implementation of the Road Map in 2009, 4 billion tenge was allocated for the repair and reconstruction of the city’s water supply and drainage systems. It is planned to replace 43.5 water supply networks, of which 19 km falls on the Kundaktykir water pipeline. According to the president of Akbulak JSC, Asan Ibraev, problems with water supply in Aktobe are most relevant in the summer, when water does not reach the upper floors of apartment buildings ^[2] .

The total consumption of drinking water quality in 2006 was 55895 m³ per day, in 2015 this figure should reach 109010 m³ per day. Water supply for domestic and drinking purposes, taking into account the technological needs of industrial enterprises, was taken from underground waters of fields with approved reserves: Ileksky right bank and left bank water intakes, Tamdinsky water intake, Verkhnekargalsky left bank water intake and Kundyktyrsky water intake. Water discharge volumes in the city in 2006 amounted to 62227 m³ per day.

The outdated sewage system (339 of 482 km of networks were worn out), the main part of the collectors of which was built in the 1950s-1960s, was recognized by ecologists as the main cause of air pollution in the city in 2013. The year 2020 is set as the date when problems with financing the renovation of sewer networks will be solved. Today (2013), about 20 thousand subscribers do not have access to sewage ^[3] .