In Bishkek, there are plans to increase the capacity of wastewater treatment facilities.
As of now, certain results have already been achieved: two reservoirs have been put into operation and an automated control system has been implemented.
It should be noted that the design capacity of the wastewater treatment facilities is 380 thousand cubic meters per day. The Mayor of Bishkek, Aibek Junushaliev, has instructed to consider the possibility of increasing the capacity to 500 thousand cubic meters per day, as reported by the city administration.
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