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QUARTERLY REPORT April - June 2008 QUARTERLY REPORT April - June 2008 QUARTERLY REPORT April - June 2008 Done by the Management Contractor The 15-th of July 2008 _______________ Patrick LORIN L I B R A R Y E X A M P L E QUARTERLY REPORT April - June 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 COMMERCIAL ............................................................................................................... 5 QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................. 6 DIAGRAMS 1-5 ................................................................................................................................................. 11 COLLECTION OF AWS CJSC FOR APRIL-JUNE 2008 TABLE -1, DIAGRAM-6 ........................................ 14 NUMBER OF WATER METERS INSTALLED BY AWS CJSC ON DATE 01.07. 2008 - TABLE 2 ............ 15 1.2 W O R K S .................................................................................................................... 16 CHLORINATION PROGRAM ......................................................................................................................... 17 WORKS ON THE NETWORK .......................................................................................................................... 18 RECAPITULATIVE TABLE TABLE- 3 ........................................................................................................... 21 TRANSPORTATION ......................................................................................................................................... 21 1.3 OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ................................................................................. 22 OPERATION & MAINTENANCE WORKS .................................................................................................... 23 VIEW OF OPERATION & MAINTENANCE WORKS IMPLEMENTED IN I QUARTER ............................. 24 OPERATION END MAINTENANCE OF WATER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS TABLE-4, DIAGRAM-7 .................................................................................................................................... 25 MAINTENANCE OF WESTWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS TABLE-5 .................................................... 26 DIAGRAMS-8,9 ................................................................................................................................................. 27 NETWORK ANALYSING TABLE - 6.............................................................................................................. 28 DIAGRAMS – 10,11 .......................................................................................................................................... 29 DIAGRAMS – 12,13 .......................................................................................................................................... 30 WATER PRODUCTION & LOSSES TABLE-7 ................................................................................................ 31 DIAGRAMS – 14,15 .......................................................................................................................................... 35 WATER DELIVERED THROUGH PUMPING AND CORRESPONDING ELECTICITY CONSUMPTION ...... 36 TABLE- 8 ........................................................................................................................................................... 36 DIAGRAMS – 16,17 .......................................................................................................................................... 37 PROGRESS OF THE WATER METERS EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION BY THE AWS CJSC IN ITS MAINTENANCE AREA TABLE - 9, DIAGRAM - 18 ........................................................................................ 38 DISINFECTANT RECORDS IN II QUARTER 2008 TABLE- 10 ..................................................................... 39 ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION & EXPENSES TABLE-11,12 ..................................................................... 41 ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION & EXPENSES IN PERIOD OF 13 LAST MONTHS DIAGRAM - 19 ......... 41 2. TECHNICAL ................................................................................................................... 42 2.1 TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS & DESIGN ............................................................... 43 2.2 MAPPING OF TECHNICAL SYSTEMS ...................................................................... 46 2 QUARTERLY REPORT April - June 2008 2.3 MANAGEMENT OF COMPANY’S ASSETS ............................................................... 50 2.4 WATER QUALITY CONTROL .................................................................................... 54 POTABLE WATER INVESTIGATION IN QUARTER II, 2008 – TABLE 13 .................................................... 56 DATA ON MAINLY OPERATED UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE POTABLE WATER SOURCES - TABLE-14 .......................................................................................................................................................... 58 DATA ON WASTE WATER INVESTIGATIONS - TABLE-15 .......................................................................... 61 NATURE PROTECTION .................................................................................................................................. 62 ENVIRONMENTAL UTILIZATION & PROTECTION FEES BY THE REGIONS AND SECTORS TABLE-16 62 CONTAMINANTS VOLUME THREW TO WATER BASIN & PERMITTED MAXIMUM OUTLET (PMO) TABLE-17 .......................................................................................................................................................... 63 2.5 QUALITY, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................... 65 2.6 COMPANY’S PROCUREMENT ................................................................................ 68 INFORMATION ABOUT PROCUREMENT WITHIN AWSC BUDGET, Q I1, YEAR 2008 TABLE - 18 ........ 69 3. ADMINISTRATION ......................................................................................................... 70 3.1 FINANCE & ACCOUNT .............................................................................................. 71 SUBSIDY TABLE-19 ........................................................................................................................................ 72 INFORMATION CONCERNING INCOMES AND EXPENSES OF AWS CJSC IN II QUARTER, 2008 TABLE-20 .......................................................................................................................................................... 73 3.2 HUMAN RESOURCES ................................................................................................ 74 1. PERSONNEL & CONTRACT DIVISION ............................................................................................. 75 DIAGRAM 21 ..................................................................................................................................................... 76 DIAGRAM 22 ..................................................................................................................................................... 76 2. TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ........................................................................................... 77 3.3 LEGAL & INSURANCE ............................................................................................... 80 4. PROJECTS .................................................................................................................... 82 4.1 W B .............................................................................................................................. 83 DIAGRAM – 23.................................................................................................................................................. 88 4.2 A D B .......................................................................................................................................................... 89 4.3 E B R D ........................................................................................................................ 91 4.4 U S A I D ...................................................................................................................... 93 5. PUBLIC RELATION ....................................................................................................... 95 ON ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT ........................................ 96 6. INDICATORS ............................................................................................................... 100 INDICATORS RECAPITULATION – TABLE 22, (INDICATORS 1-25) ........................................................ 101 3 QUARTERLY REPORT April - June 2008 1. OPERATIONS 4 QUARTERLY REPORT April - June 2008 1.1 COMMERCIAL 5 QUARTERLY REPORT April - June 2008 QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES DATA ANALYSIS General In general the 2nd quarter recorded progress relating to 6 commercial indicators defined by the Company. The process of installing water meters slowly goes ahead. Mostly the dishonest customers with large receivable debts refuse to install water meters. Installation of water meters During the 2nd quarter, 6949 water meters were installed in total out of which 3150 were installed replacing the former non-operative water meters. It is worth mentioning that
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