In the Irkutsk region, major projects of the Clean Water program continue. In 2013, work is underway in five municipalities, and last year it already helped provide drinking water of standard quality to residents of 13 municipalities. About 9.5 billion rubles are needed to bring water supply and sewage facilities to standard condition, and public private partnership development is seen as a key solution.
In five municipal entities of the Irkutsk Region, major projects under the long-term target program “Clean Water” are being implemented in 2013. Last year, the program’s measures made it possible to provide drinking water of standard quality to the population of 13 municipalities.According to preliminary estimates, about 9.5 billion rubles are needed to carry out measures for the construction, reconstruction, and modernization of water supply and wastewater facilities in order to bring them into proper condition and provide the population with water that meets hygienic standards, as well as to satisfy the household needs of residents of all municipal entities in the region. The implementation of the “Clean Water” program is possible through the development of public-private partnership mechanisms.
As noted by the Ministry of Housing Policy and Energy, about 70% of the population in the Irkutsk Region is provided with centralized water supply: 22 cities, 50 urban-type settlements (93% of the total number), and 142 rural settlements (10%) are equipped with centralized water mains. Water reaches consumers from 391 sources of centralized household and drinking water supply and 1,959 sources of decentralized water supply. The total length of the water supply network is more than 4.7 thousand kilometers.
Based on materials from the press service of the Government of the Irkutsk Region