Shollar water

After years of research and deliberation, a decision to construct a pipeline to direct water from the Caucasus Mountains to Baku was made.

[2] While in Paris, Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, an Azeri national, industrial magnate, and philanthropist, conceived an idea to build a pipeline from the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains to Baku.

In 1899, Taghiyev hired William Lindley, a British civil engineer who had designed multiple water and sewerage systems for more than thirty cities across Europe.

Tasked with trying to find a plentiful source of water, Lindley chose the springs near Guba, in the Caucasus Mountains.

Baku's municipal government was primarily opposed to the idea of constructing a pipeline, but Taghiyev insisted, saying, "As long as the Shahdagh Mountain [had] ice on its peak …Shollar will never run out.

"[3] Lindley spent the year of 1899 completing exploratory works near Quba Uyezd's rich springs and rivers.

[citation needed] The Baku-Shollar water conduct passes through the hills of in Guba and ends in Baku.

Reliable and clean, this water source has helped increase Baku's population from a few thousand to over 2.5 million.