Winner of regional competition

“Balakovo Vodokanal” rated first in the regional contest of 2007 as a best housing and communal enterprise among water-supply and wastewater treatment stations.

The enterprise could reach such results due to it’s activities aimed at perfect satisfaction of needs of people, enterprises and organizations in water-supply and wastewater treatment in the necessary volume and of necessary quality.

Though It was planned to spend 21.6 million rubles in 2007 on major repairs of facilities, however over 23 million rubles were spent on this purpose. 2,9 km of water-supply lines of 100 to 500 mm in diameter were replaced as well as 0,5 km of wastewater lines of 300 to 900 mm in diameter.

In 2007 the enterprise has also won Contest of Investment Projects realized in Saratov region which allowed to purchase AQUACHLOR devices for drinking water disinfection with the help of 50% budgetary co-financing.

These activities continued in 2008. In January 2008 an agreement on granting of interest-free credit in the amount of 2 million rubles in the context of the regional target program “Energy efficiency of Saratov region” was signed. The other 5 million rubles are planned to be granted in February 2008 in the context of the regional target program “Drinking water”. These means will be used for AQUACHLOR devices purchase.

Source: newspaper "Stubborn materials"
Published: 12.02.2008.