Water Resources. Problems of Water Use Systems in Russia and Directions of Their Reconstruction

An analysis of the water resources of the world and the Russian Federation, the state and problems of the water industry in Russia, ways to solve them and trends in the field of water resources are given. It is shown that the national security of the state, population health largely depends on water management and environmental safety, the level of water supply of the population and the social sphere with high-quality drinking water, the continuity and sufficiency of water supply to economic sectors, the state of water bodies and water resources, the reliability of forecasting emergency water management situations, and their timely prevention. population health. It is emphasized that at present for Russia the problem of providing the population with drinking water of the required quality in sufficient quantities and the environmental safety of water use is the most relevant. These are not only technical problems of obsolete equipment and general technical backwardness, but, above all, legal, organizational and economic problems. It is noted that this is largely due to the increasing rate of wear and tear and unsatisfactory technical condition of a significant number of centralized systems and facilities for water supply and sanitation of cities and towns in Russia, pollution of water bodies, and the lack of required zones for their sanitary protection. It is concluded that the water management complex of Russia needs serious modernization.

О.G. PRIMIN, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Professor, Chief Researcher, (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Scientific-Research Institute of Building Physics of RAACS (21, Lokomotivniy Driveway, Moscow, 127238, Russian Federation)

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