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15 Water and sanitation – Rostov-on-Don wastewater system (Russian
Federation)

Size of investment: USD 700 million

Start date: 2005

End date: 2012

Project stage: maintenance

Project partners

• Public Partner: Municipality of Rostov-on-Don

• Private Partner: JSC Rostov water utility

Project description

The poor condition of the wastewater infrastructure in the city of Rostov-on-Don became a
hindrance to future development of the new residential zones. A strategy was developed to
improve the infrastructure with support from the public sector for construction and rehabilitation
of the municipal infrastructure, and support from the private sector for new technologies in sludge
treatment for energy generation. The public and private sectors cooperated to replace sewers and
pumping stations.

The project is aimed at the modernization and development of the water and wastewater systems
of the city of Rostov-on-Don and its agglomeration. It included:

• Construction of the second stage of new water intake facilities and extension of the existing
water treatment facilities
• Construction of the sewage conduit

• Construction and reconstruction of wastewater treatment facilities in Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog,
Azov, Novocherkassk and other centres of population of the Rostov region
• Construction and reconstruction of water mains of the distribution network

• Construction of trunk mains and networks in Rostov-on-Don

• Reconstruction and construction of local water treatment facilities
• Performance improvements (hydraulic modelling, tools and control equipment)

• Construction and reconstruction of pumping stations

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