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  2. Water supply and sanitation in Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    In the sewerage sector, Baku wastewater network serves 72% population of the city, but only 50% of the water is treated. 90% of the treated water is biologically processed and only 10% is mechanically processed. Wastewater treatment plants are available in 16 cities and regions; most of them are partially or completely useless.

  3. List of countries by access to improved sanitation facilities

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    The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation of WHO and UNICEF has defined improved sanitation as follows: flush toilet, [4] connection to a piped sewer system, connection to a septic system, flush/pour-flush to a pit latrine, ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, composting toilet and/or some special ...

  4. Tank cascade system - Wikipedia

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    The tank cascade system (Sinhala: එල්ලංගාව, romanized: ellaṅgāva) is an ancient irrigation system spanning the island of Sri Lanka. It is a network of thousands of small irrigation tanks ( Sinhala : වැව , romanized: wewa ) draining to large reservoirs that store rainwater and surface runoff for later use.

  5. National Water Supply and Drainage Board - Wikipedia

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    The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (commonly abbreviated as NWSDB) is the National Organization responsible for the provision of safe drinking water and facilitating the provision of sanitation to the people in Sri Lanka. The organization had its beginning as a subdepartment under the Public Works Department for water supply and drainage.

  6. Environmental issues in Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    The following are the principal ecological problems of Azerbaijan: The pollution of water resources by way of introduction of contaminated water, including transnational pollution; The supply of low-quality water to inhabited regions, the loss of fresh water prior to its delivery to the end consumers, insufficient development of sewer systems

  7. Is it time to revolutionize the toilet?

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    The humble dry toilet and a large-scale urban sewage system may be at opposite ends of the spectrum, but they are both solutions to the same problem. “So many people get so excited about this ...

  8. Utilities in Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    “The State Program on Socio-economic Development of the Regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2004-2008)" approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated February 11, 2004 and The State Program on the Development of the Energy Complex (2005-2015) dated February 14, 2005 accelerated the process of natural gas ...

  9. Bodies of water of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    Except for the Talysh region (1.6-2.2 km/km 2), the river system density is the highest (1–2 km/km 2) at 1,000-2,500 kilometers, while in the area of the Talysh mountains it peaks at 1.6-2.2 km/km 2 at 500–1,000 km. The average density of the river system of Azerbaijan is 0.39 km/km 2. The density is even lower than 0.05 km/km 2 in the plains.