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Russia’s Orenburg Region Plans Regional Water Strategy Russia, ORENBURG — Some 40-60 percent of water assets in Russia‘s Orenburg Region are degraded beyond the point at which they should be used, leading to a poor standard of drinking water and inadequate levels of environmental protection, Orenburg Governor Yuri Berg acknowledged last week. Berg‘s remarks came during a high-level roundtable meeting of regional officials on July 25 to plan a strategy for local implementation of the Clean Water Program. Local sources have suggested that the governor‘s figures are in fact optimistic, that the level of degradation is higher than he stated and the problem more serious. However, the overall results of the meeting were positive, in that the local government is taking action to reverse the negative trend of the last 30 years. During the meeting, mayors of smaller towns in the region were criticized for using short-term measures, such as patching up leaking pipes, to hide the underlying problems with water infrastructure. However, the mayors may not be entirely to blame, as previously the funding required for large-scale projects was simply not available. In keeping with similar provincial applications of the Clean Water Program, the majority of funding for the development of Orenburg‘s water infrastructure will come from a mixture of federal money and local government taxation, with the rest to be made up from price increases for customers of the local vodokanal (water company). The money will be used for a massive overhaul of the fresh and wastewater systems across most of the region, including the extension into some rural areas that have previously had no water services. The bulk of the money will be spent in the city of Orenburg itself, with the precise formula for division of funds within the region yet to be decided. Page 99
The most expensive items within the program will be entirely new freshwater filtration plants and sewage treatment centers. These are to be built in locations that serve the current demographic makeup of the region, but with excess capacity to cope with expected population growth in the next few decades. A survey has now begun of the entire Orenburg Region‘s water assets, with the aim of establishing which parts can be saved and incorporated into the new system. Planning and design will take place over the next few months, with construction scheduled to begin next spring. ―Russia‘s Orenburg Region Plans Regional Water Strategy‖, 31/07/2012, online at: http://www.ooskanews.com/dailywater-briefing/russia-s-orenburg-region-plans-regional-water-strategy_23639 BACK TO TOP Page 100
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