Public-private partnership: case study of the wastewater treatment facilities in Novoshakhtinsk

Summary

Since the transition of Russian Federation to a new economic model of development, socially significant industries have remained in the shadow of the «locomotives» of the economic development, i. e., the fuel and energy and mineral resource sectors. Branches of the national economy that had no commercial interest died out completely or shrank to the size of a possible minimum payback. These changes also affected the housing and utilities sector, in particular, the water supply and wastewater disposal systems. The catastrophic state of the industry currently requires special attention and special decisions on the part of all the stake holders: the state and municipal authorities, control and supervision bodies, operators of water and wastewater utilities, commercial organizations, higher education, the relevant scientific community and population. One of the basic sectors of the national economy should not be in such a state and, despite the lack of the economic stability, its restoration should be a priority state task directing the maximum material and intellectual resources of the country. An example of a concession agreement is given that can be a possible way to extend the resource of an urban wastewater disposal system with a wear limit.

Key words

water supply-sewerage services , Public-Private Partnership , concession agreement , wear limit of the systems and facilities , economic and environmental risks

Investment projects implemented in Rostov Vodokanal

Summary

«Evraziiskii» JSC has been implementing two large-scale infrastructure projects in the Rostov Area with a total cost of more than 41 billion rubles. These projects are «The Rostov Water» and «The Clean Don River». The investments will provide for developing an integrated and efficient water and wastewater infrastructure of the city of Rostov-on-Don with an account for the development needs of the city for the next 30 years. «The Rostov Water» is the biggest not only in Russia but also in the Eastern Europe investment project in the water sector implemented on the PPP principle. The project covers the territory with a population of more than 1.2 million people. The project implementation period is 2004–2023. «The Clean Don River» project is aiming at the development of the elements of the public wastewater disposal infrastructure of the city of Rostov-on-Don that will provide for improving the living conditions of the population by improving the level of wastewater treatment; connecting more customers to the municipal sewer; improving the environmental safety of wastewater treatment. The project is being implemented on the PPP principle. The project includes constructing the first stage of No. 62 sewer, upgrading the second stage of the wastewater treatment facilities with improving the capacity, constructing a number of utilities on the wastewater treatment facilities site by a private investor. Implementing «The Clean Don River» project will provide for eliminating the infrastructure problems that limit the development of industrial and housing construction in Rostov-on-Don, improving the living conditions of the citizens, business, economic activities, and investment attractiveness of the city.

Key words

investment project , water and wastewater systems , public infrastructure , Public-Private Partnership

Improvement and development of the water supply and wastewater disposal systems in Samara

Summary

Information is presented on the development by the specialists of «Samarskie Kommunal’nye Sistemy», LLC, of an investment program for the construction, reconstruction and upgrade of the municipal water supply and wastewater disposal systems in the Samara Urban District for 2019–2023 in accordance with the «Concept of Development and Reconstruction of the Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal Systems in the Samara Urban District for 2018–2047». For the period of the public-private partnership 2013–2019 «Samarskie Kommunal’nye Sistemy», LLC has implemented the program of constructing, reconstructing and upgrading the public water supply and wastewater disposal systems in the Samara Urban District worth a total of 2.15 billion rubles. During this time the equipment at the pumping filtration stations, boosting pumping stations, and at the municipal wastewater treatment facilities in Samara has been renewed; 65.4 km of the water distribution network and 34.5 km of the sewer network have been relayed. The implementation of the investment program will provide for improving the quality and reliability of the cold water supply, reducing technological damages and failures at the water supply and wastewater treatment facilities in the Samara Urban District, and ensuring the technical ability to connect new construction facilities.

Key words

reliability , quality , Public-Private Partnership , investment program , public water supply and wastewater disposal systems , concept of the development and reconstruction , reconstruction and upgrade of the water supply and wastewater disposal systems