ULAANBAATAR DRINKING WATER PROGRAM LAUNCHES

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Citizens Representative Khural of Ulaanbaatar adopted September 23 a program on safety of drinking water at its 19th meeting. Many action have been planned by the program. A security will be tightened at Ulaanbaatar’s drinking water reserves with common and special regimes of hygiene, an illegal construction of facilities and settlements of homes will be eliminated near the drinking water reserves, and the environmental impact assessments will run in the tourist areas. The licenses of companies illegally exploring minerals in the bank of the Tuul river will be withdrawn, and a monitoring over reservoir areas will be fully automated to prevent a pollution. The capital city's drinking water reserves will be re-estimated through researches in surface and ground waters, the results will be coordinated with a program on environmental protection. Many works can be facilitated through the document such as comprehensive measures to improve ger (national dwelling) districts’ water supply through an estimation of expenses for exploiting, processing, reserving and serving water.