Chinese company to build 200 km water pipeline from Satpayev Canal to Astana in April 2025China Gezhouba Group (PRC) will build a water pipeline and pumping stations from the Kanysh Satpayev Canal to Astana, the press service of the Kazakh government reported.It is reported that the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar and the Akim of Astana Zhenis Kasymbek discussed the project with the Chairman of the Board of China Gezhouba Group (PRC) Liu Huailian."In addition to a water pipeline with a length of about 200 km, the implementation of the project includes the construction of three water pumping stations with a capacity of 342,000 m3 / day and a pumping and filtering station No. 4 with a capacity of 210,000 m3 / day. Liu Huailiang confirmed that construction and installation works will start in April this year," the statement said.Sklyar outlined the social importance of the infrastructure project in providing uninterrupted supply of clean water to residents as a basis for the development of the region, improvement of the quality of life and sustainable economic growth.As reported, in July 2023, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, called on the Government and the capital's Akimat to find new ways to supply the metropolis with drinking water and instructed them to immediately ensure regular replenishment of the Satpayev Canal.He pointed out that the capital is completely dependent on the Astana reservoir, which is polluted and may reach its limits in the coming years, and that there are no other sources of water for the city.Kanysh Satpayev Canal (Irtysh-Karaganda Canal) - provides centralised water supply to industrial enterprises, population, energy, agriculture and other sectors of the economy of the Pavlodar, Karaganda and Akmola regions, i.e. the entire Central Kazakhstan region. Construction was completed in 1974. It has a length of 458 km from the city of Aksu in the Pavlodar region to Karaganda.China Gezhouba Group Company Limited (CGGC) is a Chinese engineering and construction company that builds canals, dams, bridges, etc. (ICE ALMATY)

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