Waterless
A stark reminder of this pain in the ass (not having 24hr running water) of life in Armenia. I am waterless today. I hate that such a simple thing, something you'd never think about in the US, and something so essential, can remain a problem for so long. They been 24/hr promising water for a good 6 years now... and not even an improvement in hours so far as I can tell.
Now ordinarily, this should not really be an immediate crisis, since I have a big water tank that ordinarily fills itself whenever the water comes on.... and I know you feel a big "but" coming on. So here it is... BUT my toilets here also seem to frequently develop that issue of always running, something that seems impossible to fix here as well. So when you combine the always running toilet with the no water coming, you get a drained tank and a dry house. Not fun. I noticed the empty tank at 9am and have not had a drop of water till now - it's 7pm. I hope it comes tonight or, at least in the morning. The higher floors of the buildings also get less water than the lower. I'm of course higher.
Now ordinarily, this should not really be an immediate crisis, since I have a big water tank that ordinarily fills itself whenever the water comes on.... and I know you feel a big "but" coming on. So here it is... BUT my toilets here also seem to frequently develop that issue of always running, something that seems impossible to fix here as well. So when you combine the always running toilet with the no water coming, you get a drained tank and a dry house. Not fun. I noticed the empty tank at 9am and have not had a drop of water till now - it's 7pm. I hope it comes tonight or, at least in the morning. The higher floors of the buildings also get less water than the lower. I'm of course higher.
posted by Raffi K. at 6:51 PM
12 Comments:
jees how there still isn't 24 hour water at least in yerevan and for god's sake at least in the center of yerevan is mind boggling! and in the outskirts it's a lot worst.. i mean have the people become so desensitized that no serious noise is being raised regarding this most fundamental necessity?? Armenia with its mountainous terrain and snowy/rainy weather should NEVER have any water problems with just a bit of effort to organize a water distribution infrastructure, is anything being done? Is there any hope???
Armenia has always had water problems. The hope was that the water meters would reduce the demand, and provide funds to repair the leaky pipelines (up to 50% losses). Of course, it is naive to expect any improvements. The foreign operator is there for the profit and most likely will pillage the system if there is no pressure on it.
one can somehow get along without gas or even electricity, but when there is no water, it feels like there is no air to breathe...
this is such a stupid and notorious problem that as nazarian has mentioned would be naive to expect to get solved any time soon...
in january in several buildings in yerevan the sewage along with water pipes froze and people's apts got flooded with, well you know what... and no one gives a damn... you call the hamatirutyun or "jhek" people (those responsible for building maintenance) but they don't respond unless the residents collect money or one of the residents happens to be an important gov. official...
anyway, very painful and ridiculously problematic topic...
may abundant water come onto your pipes Raffi.. be patient, although patience doesn't help quench your thirst or flush the toilet in such cases...
wooohoooooo! I got water!
I see no improvement over the past couple of years, yet on the news they constantly talk about how many areas in Yerevan now have 24-hour water. WHERE? And the price per cubic meter keeps going up and up.
I live right smack in the middle of downtown Yerevan, right by the so-called "elite" new buildings on Northern Avenue. I used to have 18 hours a day of water, which was AMAZING! (I know the outskirts of the city only have it for a few hours a day ... I won't mention some villages that don't have any water.) Now, the prices are going up and I've gone from 18 hours to 12 hours a day. Where is the improvement? I have yet to see progress.
I did notice on a website that some areas would be without water due to maintennance.
Also, interestingly.. Veolia ( the company who runs the water in Armenia ) has just taken over ALL transportation services here in my town in the UK! I was really confused when i saw this logo plastered on the buses, as I just rememebred hey thats the armenian water people! They obviously cant be good at all these things!
anyway...yea
Please contact the multi billion dollar company “Veolia” who has been managing Yerevan's water services since Dec. 2005 and ask what the hell is going on and if they're doing anything to solve these problems and if so what the timetable is???
Veolia Water Armenia
Yerevan Djur
66a, rue Abovyan
0025 Erevan
Tel : + 374 10 56 13 26
Fax : + 374 10 56 93 57
E-mail : office@yerevandjur.am
http://www.veoliaenvironnement.com/en/contact.aspx
Veolia is the Indianapolis water supplier from 2002 to 2022. I don't think there are too many complaints about their services/fee.
Not surprising, since I suspect Indianapolis has... 24hr water! :-o
:) yep, Indy ain't third world.
Armenia ain't third world.
With all the smart people in Armenia, I'm still not understanding why this is an issue?? If the Ancient Romans could have such an advanced system for their time, are the Armenians in Armenia not as capable? And I thought I was a procrastinator!!
Anyways, instead of having a non-Armenian company doing all this work, we should have some financial support from Mr. Kirkorian or someone who is able to provide the necessary funds to get this system in place AND without any meddling from the mob or whatever other parasites are harming our Country.
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