Armenia needs to develop a roadmap for reforming its water management system, Pashinyan said

ArmInfo. Armenia needs to develop a roadmap for reforming its water management system.

This was stated by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on September 4 in Dilijan, speaking at the "Water Sector Reforms 2026-2031" seminar.

In his speech, the head of state noted that several points should be kept in mind when discussing the water sector. First of all, today there is not a single settlement in the Republic of Armenia that does not have significant and tangible problems with drinking water, just as there is not a single settlement that does not have significant and tangible problems with irrigation water. "Today, only a small portion of arable land, vegetable gardens, and plantations in Armenia has access to irrigation; in fact, most of our arable land has no access to irrigation at all. In areas where irrigation is available, the technology and quality of irrigation are a separate topic for discussion. If we consider this by 21st-century standards, the amount of water required to irrigate tens of hectares of land is used for just a few hectares. This is the next most important part of the problem," the Prime Minister noted.

Pashinyan also emphasized that today the country has thousands of hectares of barren land. Where there could be thousands of hectares of orchards, where tens of thousands of tons of crops could be harvested, the water problem is not a problem at all. is being resolved.

"The next global problem we face is wastewater treatment, which is not the rule, but rather the exception to the rule. It's clear that this level of water use is unacceptable, as it entails consequences. Another point we must acknowledge is that our country is accumulating more than the necessary water resources to address these issues, and one of the key questions of our discussion today is how, through what roadmap, we can reach a point where water is available in all parts of the Republic of Armenia," Nikol Pashinyan said.