Georgia Waterways Assessment

The longest rivers in Georgia are:
1. Alazani – 390 km in length with a catchment basin of 12,000 km²
2. Kura – 351 km in length with a catchment basin of 21,100 km²
3. Rioni – 333 km in length with a catchment basin of 13,400 km²
4. Enguri – 206 km in length with a catchment basin of 4,100 km²

The biggest lakes in Georgia are:
1. Paravan – with a surface area of 37.5 km³
2. Kartsakhi – with a surface area of 26.3 km³

Waterways of Georgia

Water supply in the country is on the average level and a safe drinking water supply is the key component of the general objective to ensure the environmental safety and health of people in Georgia. At present, all 85 cities and districts of Georgia are provided with centralized water systems. There are a total of 156 major water intakes. Drinking water is mainly withdrawn from the ground sources. A total design capacity of the ground drinking water sources is 3.1 million m³ a day. Waste water discharge systems operate in 41 cities and districts, 30 of which have waste water treatment plants of total design capacity equal to 1.6 million m³ a day (including regional treatment facilities in Gardabansky District with a capacity of 1.0 million. m³ a day, which serve Tbilisi and Rustavi). The total length of waterways and water distribution networks in Georgia is 9,500 km and a length of wastewater networks and sewers is 4,000 km