Victoria Abramchenko and Rustam Minnikhanov attend biological waste treatment plants and sludge pits in Kazan

On 21 September during her working trip to Tatarstan Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Victoria Abramchenko accompanied by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Recourses of the republic Aleksandr Shadrikov and the Director of the Vodokanal Water Supply Company Andrey Yegorov  attended biological waste treatment plants and sludge pits in Kazan, where she got acquainted with work done on the plants and was told about work planned for 2023.

The work on re-cultivation of sludge pits at the waste treatment plants began in November 2021 with the ordering customer being the Tatarstan Chief Investments and Construction Directorate (Glavinveststroy) and the general contractor – Yadran-Stroy Company.

The reconstruction is done within the framework of the federal project “Recovery of the Volga” and the regional programme of construction and reconstruction of waste treatment plants and after the work is completed the plants will be able to treat a bigger volume of sewage water, which is very important for the city construction and expansion and connecting new facilities to canalization.

Victoria Abramchenko said that she came to Kazan to get acquainted with work of the waste treatments plants which are one of the most advanced in the country. “I really was satisfied. In Kazan these plants are related to the wellbeing of the Volga and that is why this is the project inside the federal project “The Recovery of the Volga. The huge polygon we have attended today, which covers more than 100 hectares is under re-cultivation and is not hazardous for the Volga anymore,” she said.

“Today we spoke with the Head of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov. To scale this advanced experience up in the country we will have to organize a number of workshops for representatives of the power bodies and the water treatment system of the Russian Federation. As this is the experience to be demonstrated and scaled up,” Victoria Abramchenko concluded.