Protection and using of water resources Main indicators characterising protection of water resources and their rational use1) (million m3)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Water abstraction from natural water resources - total	11110	10012	10075	10772	11440	12050	12360
per capita m 3	1396	1248	1247	1322	1390	1449	1469
Fresh water consumption - total	6588	6414	6754	7370	8019	8607	8865
of which:
domestic and drinking purposes	449	408	503	512	498	521	523
industrial needs	2316	2273	1977	2264	2264	2360	2508
of which fresh water	82	57	46	46	61	61	74
irrigation and agriculture supply	3819	3709	4248	4579	5240	5710	5817
Volume of recycled and consequently used water	1875	1863	704	2236	2273	2224	2198
in percent to total water con- sumption for industrial needs	45	45	26	50	50	49	47
Water losses during transportation	3053	2936	3321	3402	3421	3462	3495
Discharge of sewage waters to surface reservoirs	4106	3966	4596	4749	4817	4878	5164
of which purified	171	170	163	167	160	161	163

1) On the basis of data of Joint Open Company of Irrigation and Water Industry

Use of water for different needs in Azerbaijan Republic 1)

Water abstraction by source and economic sectors1) (milyon kub metr)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Industry	730	655	718	907	961	1027
Agriculture	9978	9094	8935	9472	10088	10619
Transport	11	11	11	12	5	7
Housing-communal services	378	247	403	372	379	385

Removal of sewages by branches of economy 1) (million m3)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Industry	681	639	709	906	970	1037
Agriculture	3067	2915	3537	3461	3462	3458
Transport	4	10	5	32	16	16
Housing-communal services	361	395	349	347	369	367

Main indicators characterizing use of water resources by econimic activity types 2006 1) (million m3 )

	Water abstraction from natural resources	Fresh water consump-tion	Volume of recycled and conse- quently used water	Water losses during transpor-tation	Discharge of sewage waters to surface reservoirs	of which purified
Total	12359.7	8864.9	2197.9	3494.8	5163.9	162.9
including:	12357.1	8826.9	2197.9	3494.8	4836.9	26.4
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	10912.7	5783.0	-	3384.8	3722.8	-
Extractive industry	29.3	30.0	416.1	1.3	19.0	2.9
Manufacturing industry	62	106.4	303.5	0.2	79.1	7.7
Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water	1313.9	2794.0	1454.8	108.4	973.2	12.1
Transport, storage and communication	39.2	113.5	23.5	0.1	42.8	3.7
Other branches	2.6	38.0	-	-	327.0	136.5

1) On the basis of data of Joint Open Company of Irrigation and Water Industry

Volume of periodical and consecutive water supply in different cities 1) (million m3)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Azerbaijan Republic	1875	1863	704	2236	2273	2224	2198
of which by cities:
Baku	189	183	548	771	768	711	645
Ali Bayramli	20	0.02	0.02	2	2	1	1
Ganja	41	41	36	36	55	59	59
Mingechevir	1529	1526	-	1297	1251	1283	1283
Sumgait	89	108	119	129	187	160	199
in percent to total consumption for industrial purposes
Azerbaijan Republic	45	45	26	50	50	49	47
of which by cities:
Baku	63	65	78	76	74	73	75
Ali Bayramli	3.6	0	0	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
Ganja	87	91	90	89	90	88	87
Mingechevir	50	50	-	50	50	50	47
Sumgait	59	72	83	71	84	84	85

1) On the basis of data of Joint Open Company of Irrigation and Water Industry

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