In summer, a continuous water supply becomes a real issue in Baku, Azeri Zerkalo daily reports.

The townsmen get the water for couple of hours in the morning and same in the evening.
Despite the seasonal shortage, water in Baku is always of a poor quality.

While in a number of Western Europe states tap water is potable, only the ironside or ignorant will take a shot at drinking tap water in Azerbaijan – basically it is either brownish or even black. The consumers mostly settle or boil the water thoroughly (that usually leaves a sand or bottom sediments) before use.

The reason is that Baku’s main water source, River Kura, is extremely tainted.

Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan reported an increase in maximum allowable concentration of biogenic, phenol and copper compounds in the Kura.