Rustam Minnikhanov: Tatarstan has huge water resources, but existing infrastructure should be developed

On November 23, at Kazanskaya Yarmarka exhibition center, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov opened the 7th specialized exhibition and congress “Pure water. Kazan-2016”.

Acting Head of the Federal Agency for Water Resources Vadim Nikanorov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the republic Farid Abdulganiyev, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities Irek Faizullin, Head of Kazan Executive Committee Denis Kalinkin and other officials took part in the opening ceremony.

According to organizers, holding the exhibition and congress "Pure water. Kazan” will allow participants to share practical experience, demonstrate advanced technologies, discuss main issues of the industry, and focus on water problems.

It should be noted that Tatarstan is one of  Russia's regions most abundant in water, with more than 36,000 water bodies.

"Tatarstan is the district's leading region in the amount of water. Of course, water is the basis for our economy and recreation. Without this important natural resource we cannot solve any problems,” Minnikhanov said in his welcoming speech.

"Tatarstan has huge water resources, but the existing infrastructure should be developed," he went on to say.

"I am sure that this exhibition and congress, as well as systematic work, which will be done together with our federal colleagues and the public, will allow us to significantly change the situation in the republic in this sphere,” Minnikhanov summed up.