ASPIRED News

The USAID-funded Advanced Science and Partnerships for Integrated Resource Development (ASPIRED) Project intends to implement a project on permanent sealing of an artesian well in the Ararat Valley. At this stage, the ASPIRED Project is planning to contract out feasibility and design works.

All design companies, which have specialists on board with the knowledge and experience in projects on sealing of damaged artesian wells and are interested in participating in the call for proposals soon to be announced by the ASPIRED Project, are invited to send the following information about their company – name, contact details, names of contact persons – to the ASPIRED Project via the following e-mail mkoshkaryan@engl.com by April 2️3️.

✅  Pipes prepared for installation for the irrigation improvement project in the community of Khachpar in Armavir region, implemented in partnership with the USAID-funded Participatory Utilization and Resource Efficiency of Water (PURE-Water) project. 
At present, the construction work is temporarily on hold due to the emergency situation in the country.

The ASPIRED Project completed installation of the main section of the irrigation pipeline in Armenian Pokr Vedi community located in Ararat region and proceeded to the installation of the water outlets.

The ASPIRED Partners for this project are Hayastan All-Armenian Fund and Artashat Water User Association. The concept paper was developed in collaboration with the USAID’s PURE Water Project.

On March 3, the ASPIRED team tested the performance of the municipal irrigation system installed in Vedi, along with the staff of the local municipality. 👨‍🔧🌳 The new system is intended for irrigation of the municipal green zones as well as the football field of the local sports school.

The Urban Irrigation System Optimization Project in Vedi is implemented by the ASPIRED Project in collaboration with the municipality of Vedi and USAID-funded PURE Water Project.

On February 226, the ASPIRED Project held a pre-bid meeting for potential bidders under the IFB # 190220-01: Supply of Pipes and Fittings, and Implementation of Construction Work under the Irrigation Optimization Project in Khachpar Village. The full document here:

IFB # 190220-01 USAID/Armenia Advanced Science & Partnerships for Integrated Resource Development (ASPIRED) Project is soliciting Bids for the supply and installation of PE pipes and fittings and provision of pipework as well as construction of a valve chamber and an intake chamber under the Irrigation Optimization Project in Khachpar Village of Ararat Region.

For submission details and other information please see the full IFB document:

Bids must be submitted no later than 17:00, Yerevan Time, on March 04, 2020. Each bidder must submit one hard copy of the bid to the ASPIRED Project office at CITADEL Business Center, 105/1, Teryan Street, Suite 204, Yerevan.

On February 5, the USAID-funded Advanced Science and Partnerships for Integrated Resource Development (ASPIRED) Project presented the interim results, next steps and enforcement mechanisms of the method of self-purification capacity assessment of Armenian rivers. The method is elaborated by the ASPIRED Project by the initiative of the Ministry of Environment as part of the priority measures on efficient management of the Ararat groundwater basin.

In pursuit of this task, the ASPIRED Project established a working group consisting of the field experts – a hydro-morphologist, water quality specialist and hydro-biologist, as well as the representatives of the stakeholder agencies – the Ministries of Environment, Emergency Situations, Territorial Administration and Infrastructure.

Taking into consideration the international experience, the experts developed the hydro-chemical, hydro-biological and hydro-morphological components of the method of self-purification capacity assessment of rivers. Water samplings were made in Kasakh River basin based on the characteristics, such as the river network morphology, hydrological feeding regime, existing human and natural pressures on the water quality, availability of multi-year monitoring data and other factors.  

The method of self-purification capacity assessment of rivers, the user manual and the draft legal act with enforcement mechanisms will be presented to the Armenian Government in July 2020. The ASPIRED Project will conduct the user training on the method if necessary.  

On December 5, the ASPIRED Project started the implementation of the new irrigation project in Khachpar community of Ararat region. Upon completion of the project, the community will receive about 250 l/s of water which will meet their irrigation water needs.

The ASPIRED Project will replace the existing earth canal with the PE pipeline and build inlet and outlet chambers and related infrastructure. The latter will help to prevent the solid waste particles from getting into the pipe and to manage the water flow. The Project will also repair existing roadside canals inside the village and increase their flow capacity to 250 l/second.

The  project is implemented through the cooperation of ASPIRED and PURE-Water Projects.

After 8-month suspension, the ASPIRED Project re-started implementation of the drinking water supply improvement project in Yeghegnut community, Armavir region. The ASPIRED Project helped to build the village’s new pumping station in March 2019.

The Project will install about 15 km drinking water pipeline, 490 water meters for users and provide the village with the new billing and collection software for the water service. Proposed solutions will ensure round-the-clock drinking water supply (instead of 3 hours) in the community with the population of more than 2000 people. The network improvements and reduction of water losses will generate water savings of about 308,000 cubic meters per year.