In the village of Beineu in the Mangystau region, residents are suffering from systemic problems with wastewater disposal: the settlement still has no centralised sewerage system, and wastewater from private houses and apartment blocks drains straight into the ground or into building basements. The situation worsens in bad weather: after a recent downpour, more than 80 houses were flooded.
According to Almaty.tv, there are 90 apartment blocks in the central part of Beineu, yet only 23% of them have working sewerage. In the rest, residents are forced to put up with constantly flooded basements, a strong odour, and unsanitary conditions.
"Water flows down, the basements are flooded, especially in summer — there are mosquitoes, it's impossible to stay there. On the lower floors, the smell is unbearable. We're no longer asking for repairs — just a sewerage system at the very least," said Nurlan Dyusenov, a resident of the village.
According to the villagers, the situation is particularly critical in buildings No. 32, 33 and 34. People cannot sell their flats due to the lack of sewerage. Local residents say they have repeatedly contacted government authorities, but no solutions have been offered to them so far.
The situation is no better in the private sector: there, sewerage waste is discharged into pits, from where it seeps into the soil. This leads to a rise in the groundwater level, causing flooding of houses located lower down the terrain. At present, 5–6 streets are at risk of flooding. District authorities have proposed installing a drainage system.
It has become known that about 57,000 people live in the village of Beineu, yet not a single project to create a centralised sewerage system has been developed to date. The akim of the Beineu district, Rakhymzhan Shalbayev, attributed the delay to technical constraints.
"To lay the pipes, we need to resolve the issue of a corridor for installation — there are roads there, with gas pipelines and water pipelines running along both sides, which have protection zones. The sewerage must be at a certain distance from drinking water. All of this creates difficulties. But sooner or later we will carry out this work," the akim said.
It is noted that a project is currently underway to modernise the old sewerage system, but specific timelines for the completion or start of construction have not yet been announced.
As a reminder, it was previously reported that residents of the village of Karagaily in the Karaganda region are opposing the discharge of sewerage waste into the Ashchysu River, which is located near drinking water sources. According to them, the wastewater treatment plant project does not guarantee safety, and in the event of a power outage, untreated water could enter the river.