Moscow's reservoirs full for stable water supply
Petyr Biryukov, the deputy mayor of Moscow in charge of housing and communal services and landscaping, stated that the reservoirs of the capital's water supply system are filled to a level sufficient to ensure stable water supply for the city regardless of weather conditions.
Consensus
- Moscow's reservoirs are filled to levels sufficient for stable water supply independent of weather conditions.
- The Moscow water supply system includes 15 reservoirs located in Moscow, Smolensk, and Tver regions.
- The total catchment area of the reservoirs exceeds 50,000 square kilometers.
- Moscow consumes approximately three million cubic meters of water per day.
- Water is supplied through a network over 13,000 kilometers long.
- Water quality is monitored using around 200 physical, chemical, and biological indicators.
- Over 2.2 million water analyses have been conducted this year.
- Water is treated at four stations: Rublevskaya, Severnaya, Zapadnaya, and Vostochnaya.
- Water treatment operations are under continuous supervision with real-time adjustments possible.
- The reservoirs of the Moskvoretskaya and Vazuzhskaya hydro-technical systems are filled to 83% and 60% respectively.
Points of divergence
- The water supply system is managed by 15 reservoirs located in Moscow, Smolenkaya, and Tver regions. — ntv
- Specialists have begun rehabilitation of a pond in the Brateevsky cascade park in southern Moscow, including sludge removal, shoreline repair, and creation of a bioplat. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Reservoirs filled to sufficient volume to supply the capital — НТВ Москва
- Reservoirs filled to sufficient volume for uninterrupted water supply of Moscow — Вечерняя Москва