I. Metshin: “We managed to make an investment program so that it will not affect the population’s pocket”

(KZN.RU, August 14, Mikhail Chentsov). The construction, reconstruction, and modernization of a number of problem objects of the water supply and sanitation system in Kazan within the framework of the investment program of the MUE “Vodokanal” is estimated at 44 billion rubles. The program is designed until 2028 and approved by the Ministry of Construction and the State Committee for Tariffs of the RT. It will allow modernizing city sewers, sewage and water pumping stations, objects of Volga water intake, biological sewage treatment facilities, and much more. Andrey Egorov, the director of theMUE “Vodokanal”, reported this during a traditional staff meeting in the Kazan Executive Committee.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of the Tatarstan’s capital, noted that the project of updating the water supply system in Kazan is unique. “The complicated, large-scale modernization project of the “Vodokanal” has no analogues. As far as I know, no one water channel in the country has a ten-year modernization program. At the same time, we managed to make an investment program in such a way that its implementation will not affect the population's pocket”, marked the Mayor.

For today, the “Vodokanal” has started construction and design of a number of important facilities within the framework of the investment program. So, it is planned to test launch of a new sewage pumping station “Zarechnaya” in the 4th quarter of 2017. It is being built in exchange for the SPS “Verhnyaya”, which is worn out by 100%.

According to the director of the “Vodokanal”, the commissioning of the pumping station will allow an additional 2500 cubic meters of drains per hour (more than 300 nine-storey double-entry houses). “The design capacity of the station after the completion will be 20000 cubic meters per hour. And we have renewed the issue of contracts for technological connection to sewerage networks in the northern part of the city today”, noted A. Egorov.

“More than a million square meters of investment programs for housing construction were blocked for us due to the fact that we could not take the drains. In 2012, the “Vodokanal” raised this problem, and we together with Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, the Ministry of Construction and Housing, and the Ministry of Ecology considered all these issues and found a solution”, commented the Mayor of Kazan. He marked that further development of the northern part of the city would be possible due to the launch of the SPS “Zarechnaya”.

A. Egorov noted in his report that the inflow of groundwater into the area of  the station’s main bowl construction and auxiliary structures increased due to the difficult weather conditions in 2017 with a lot of precipitation. Thus, instead of the planned 2 wells of water reduction, 6 wells were constructed, which delayed the construction of tunnels. Now, an additional 6 wells of the dewatering system were built for the construction of the underground part of the station. And 12 wells are already working on the site. Now the changes in the technological schemes for the production of works have been developed, which will make it possible to catch up the schedule.

I. Metshin instructed A. Egorov to clearly adhere to the construction schedule. “We saw the object recently. 96% is in accordance with the schedule, and 4% of the gap is a small fault but in general, I ask to adhere to the approved schedule for delivery”, summed up the Mayor.