OREANDA-NEWS On 18 February 2009 was announced, that head of the Republic of Karelia Sergey Katanandov had confirmed his intention to take care serious of Petrozavodsk in abeyance of the city governor. On February, 10 he has interfered actively in the course of realization of the Clean Water project.

For many years the Clean Water project has already became the talk of the town among inhabitants of Petrozavodsk. Discussion of projects has taken many months, scientists, builders, politicians argued on them passionately. Dozens of deputies of different levels have earned their desired mandates on this project. Neither Administration of Petrozavodsk, nor the Petrozavodsk Municipal Systems managed to implement the project. Reconstruction of water treatment facilities lasts forever, the townspeople still have thin their wtartaps what they have. And the city guests are even afraid to take a bath filled with brown smelly liquid which we have got used to call water.

- There has occured absolutely paradoxical situation, - Sergey Katanandov says. - A long time ago the Clean Water project has overgrown the frameworks of Petrozavodsk, having achieved the federal level. It is supervised by the United Russia party and its leader Boris Gryzlov in person. Thanks to the party's initiative we have received federal budget funds to complete the first starting phase of the project. Money remains on the Karelian budgetary account. It is a unique situation when financing of the object has been received in full a long time ago, and reconstruction has not started yet! I am so much surprised: what should be done to put the case into motion at last?!

To put the project into motion, Head of the Republic has personally visited the object on Warkaus quay. He has examined the building, evaluated condition of the works done and the volume of remained, has received explanations of experts. By now at the site there is the building constructed, pipelines and other process equipment are partially assembled, the heating main is laid, the heating system is commissioned, the waterpipe and electricity are laid. By estimations of experts, there has been already appropriated 512 million roubles in current prices from the budget of the Republic of Karelia and investments of Petrozavodsk Municipal Systems, Inc. To complete the works on the first starting complex it is required another 320 million, and this money is available. Meanwhile, Head of the Republic has not found any worker at the object.

Debriefing was held upon returning from the site in the office of the Head of the Republic. All responsible heads of the republic, city, Petrozavodsk Municipal Systems have been called to the meeting. "In view of complexity of the object, this is the last time I reprimand you!" - Sergey Katanandov has told them. During the next half an hour he has listened to all reasons of participants of the meeting and has given some orders.

The essence of orders is the following:

to start works on the object no later than in March,

to generate a headquarters to gather weekly and supervise the course and quality of works,

to define the deadline for commissioning the first starting complex for December, 2009.


The first starting complex is the first stage of reconstruction which assumes commissioning the water treating system of 22 contact clarifiers with water-air rinsing. That is our tap water will obtain its normal color and smell, will be free of impurity. After implementation of the second stage construction of the rinsing water processing station and the disinfecting station is supposed. The project provides introduction of water-preparation technology with use of aluminium sulphate as a special chemical reagent. Then, at last, our tap water will correspond completely to the modern standards.