DRINKING WATER USED IN AGARAKADZOR FOR IRRIGATION
YEGHEGNADZOR, YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, NOYAN TAPAN. A problem of supplying
irrigation water exists in the rural community of Agarakadzor of the
marz of Vayots Dzor which has enough reserves of water. Plots of land
of different districts of the community are irrigated by the water
course and from the Vayk-Yeghegnadzor irrigation water-pipes. The
latter is supplied by the "Yeghegnadzor" Water Users’ Union
(WUU). According to Artur Martirosian, the community head of
Agarakadzor, no irrigation water reaches those districts of the
communities which are supplied by the Vayk-Yeghegnadzor irrigation
water-pipe. There was a proposal to give water to one who pays, even
the staff of the community head’s office was ready to help in the
affair of gathering payments, but the proposals were not accepted by
the WUU. The demand of the irrigation water is partly satisfied at the
expense of drinking water. "Today drinking water is used for irrigating
purposes. That’s why inhabitants get drinking water with breakings:
8 hours a day. But, if there is no irrigation problem, drinking water
will be given 24 hours," A.Martirosian says. According to him, it is
a result of not right organization of the WUU works. The Agarakadzor
community head also mentioned that payments for the irrigation water
made 86% in 2005. And WUU Executive Director Hazarapet Nazarian
explains that the structure may not work in a normal way if payments
are made partly.