Five water treatment plants will be constructed in Armenia by 2012, Vladimir Movsesyan, Chairman of the RA Presidential Commission for Lake Sevan, stated on November 6.

He reported that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will allocate U.S. $7.5 million for the project. The water treatment plant will be located in Sevan, Jermuk, Vardenis, Gavar and Martuni.

Relevant negotiations with the EBRD are under way. “We are negotiating the expansion of the program with the EBRD and start construction of similar facilities for the coastal zone,” Movsisyan said.