Cost Management as a Factor of Reduction of Growth Rates of Tariffs in the Sphere of Housing and Communal Services

Summary

Main directions of the policy of SUE Vodokanal of St. Petersburg in the field of renovation of basic production assets are stated: refusal of repair of the worn production means and transition to their replacement by more up-to-date with the subsequent maintenance support in order to improve the quality of rendering of services and efficiency of operation of water supply and sewerage economy, increase the cost and reduce the moral and physical wear of fixed assets; extensive use of mechanisms of long-term investments and domestic leasing in order to improve investment activity of the enterprise without the sharp growth of tariffs for water supply and wastewater disposal services.

Key words

water supply , sewerage , energy resources saving , investment activity , tariff regulation