Specialists of AzUAC and Turkey’s ISKI organization Will Develop Joint Proposals Regarding the Water Purification Process in Azerbaijan

A visit was organized for the staff of Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI) of Turkey to the Ultra-Filtration Water Purification Facility Complex in Jeyranbatan by the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction (AzUAC).

Guests, accompanied by the Dean of the Faculty of Water Management and Engineering Communications Systems of AzUAC, Professor Zakir Musayev, the lecturer at the faculty, Associate Professor Agshin Karimov, and the Deputy Head of the Foreign Relations Department, KonulShirinova, toured the most modern equipment used in Azerbaijan’s drinking water sector.

During the familiarization, the guests were provided with detailed information about the construction of the complex and the water treatment processes carried out there. It was noted that Jeyranbatan water is purified without any chemical treatment, using a fully enclosed, automatic, mechanical method. The water treated here fully meets the standards accepted by international organizations and undergoes strict laboratory tests before entering and after leaving the facility.

Then the guests observed the management processes in the Central Control System - SCADA room and got acquainted with the laboratory of the complex.

After getting familiarized with the complex, AzUAC and ISKI specialists discussed methods applied in the water purification process of the country, compared with the experience of Turkey in the same sector, and offered suggestions for increasing efficiency.

It was decided that joint analyses would be conducted by specialists from AzUAC and ISKI, and proposals for innovative technological applications be submitted to the Jeyranbatan Ultrafiltration Water Purification Complex.

The Turkish guests then visited the Takhtakorpu water reservoir and the Takhtakorpu Hydro Power Station located in Shabran region.

ISKI staff was informed that besides generating electricity from the water collected in the Takhtakorpu reservoiropened in 2013, it is also used for provision of drinkablewater, technical, and irrigation purposes. 

The visitors closely monitored the operation of the reservoir and HPS, exchanged ideas with AzUACspecialists, and showed interest in the working principles of water treatment facilities. The guests were provided with detailed information about the work done there, the technologies used and the research conducted on reservoirand HPS in the relevant laboratories of AzUAC.

It should be noted that the Faculty of Water Management and Engineering Communications at AzUAC educates nearly two thousand students at the bachelor’s and master’s levels in five specialties. The faculty has four departments and eight laboratories equipped withadvanced scientific and technological equipment. In addition, students of the faculty are regularly sent to relevant institutions for internships, including ISKI in Turkey. Recently, 19 students were sent to the institution, where they received information on the latest innovations and scientific-technological methods in Turkey’s water and sanitation sector and participated in training sessions.