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Russian Government Moves to Control Water, Sewage Tariffs
17 May 2013 - 07:48 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — On May 14th, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev signed a new government decree controlling tariff increases for domestic fresh and wastewater services for the coming year, limiting price rises
Russia Supplied Central Asia With $1 Billion in Aid Over Four Years
17 May 2013 - 07:36 by Local Press Report
ST. PETERSBURG (Turkish Weekly) — Russia has provided more than $1 billion USD in aid to the Central Asian countries over the past four years, the Russian embassy in Uzbekistan announced on Thursday. The money, transferred via
Port Vanino, Russia Works to End Sewage Dumping on Pacific Coast
15 May 2013 - 07:11 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — As part of Russian efforts to clean up its Pacific coast, the city of Port Vanino last week released details of a project to end the release of raw sewage into the sea and significantly reduce poll
EU Gives Estonia $54.5 Million for Environmental Protection
14 May 2013 - 07:16 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TALLINN, Estonia — The European Union has announced that it is granting Estonia a record $54.5 million USD for environmental protection projects in the new financial year.
New Leak in Sochi Highlights Problems Ahead of 2014 Olympics
14 May 2013 - 07:15 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, SOCHI — There has been another embarrassment for the Russian government in its preparations for the Winter Olympics in Sochi next year, as a major freshwater leak occurred on the day British Prime Minister
Russia Research Vessel to Return Home With Antartic Waters
10 May 2013 - 08:26 by Local Press Report
ST. PETERSBURG (Interfax) — The Academician Fyodorov research vessel is returning to St. Petersburg from the 58th Russian Antarctic expedition voyage.
Russian Duma Toughens Legal Liability Rules for Water, Wastewater
9 May 2013 - 08:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — The Russian Duma (Parliament) has toughened legal accountability for violations related to extracting water and discharging effluents into water bodies.
Sverdlovsk Utility Head Accused of Abuse of Power
8 May 2013 - 08:21 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, SVERDLOVSK — The director of a vodokanal (water company) in the Sverdlovsk region of central Russia has been accused of abuse of power abuse and misappropriation of public funds in a 2007 project to construct a
Russian Coal Mining Company Rehabilitates Wastewater Treatment Plants
7 May 2013 - 08:03 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — Yuzhkuzbassugol, the Russian coal-mining subsidiary of UK-based steel and mining muntinational Evraz Group, plans to rehabilitate two large industrial wastewater treatment facilities and build five
Russian Conservation Group Highlights Volga River Pollution
3 May 2013 - 07:42 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — A new report from Volga Express, a regional conservation group, has drawn attention to the fate of the Volga River basin in central Russia.
Putin, Poltavchenko Clash Over St. Petersburg Water Debts
2 May 2013 - 08:20 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, ST. PETERSBURG — St.
Russia’s Khakassia Region to Map Utility Provision
1 May 2013 - 08:12 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, ABAKAN — The state government of Russia’s Khakassia region has announced a new project to create an accurate, interactive map of the entire region’s utility provision, covering electricity and gas networks
Russia Orders Environmental and Disabled People Organizations to Register as “Foreign Agents:” WWF
30 Apr 2013 - 08:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — The Russian government has sent prosecution orders to at least five environmental organizations and several charities that help disabled people, requiring them to register with the state as “foreig
Russian Chemical Giant URALCHEM Ups Investment in Environmental Protection
29 Apr 2013 - 08:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — Russian nitrogen fertilizer producer URALCHEM, OJSC announced that it invested $14.7 million USD last year for environmental protection measures, a 28 percent increase from the previous year.
Russia’s Tyumen Region Taps Underground Sources to Meet Water Demand
25 Apr 2013 - 08:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, TYUMEN — Russia’s Tyumen region has announced a new project to change the way its capital city and surrounding areas provide residents with freshwater, by utilizing underground reservoirs rather than relyin
Kushva Sewage Leak Highlights Problems With Prison Labor
24 Apr 2013 - 07:51 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, KUSHVA — During the night of April 18 the city of Kushva in Russia’s Sverdlovsk Region suffered a catastrophic sewage leak.
Russia's Rosvodokanal Calls for National Water Company Benchmarking System
23 Apr 2013 - 00:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — Russian private water utility operator Rosvodokanal, along with the Lipeck City Energy Company (LGEK), has proposed benchmarking for Russian vodokanals (water companies) in order to assess the coun
Russian Oil Refinery Selects GE's Advanced Wastewater Treatment
23 Apr 2013 - 10:20 by Local Press Report
UFA (General Electric) — GE and Russian oil company Bashneft have launched pilot testing of GE’s ZeeWeed*membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology for biological treatment of sewage water from the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil pr
Iran Gives Green Light for Caspian Sea Water Transfer, Raising Concerns in Russia
22 Apr 2013 - 07:50 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran last week announced the launch of a $1.5 billion USD project to bring water from the Caspian Sea to its central desert for drinking and irrigation purposes.
Expert Says Russia Should Bring Back Housing Ministry to Help Tackle Water Crisis
19 Apr 2013 - 08:14 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — A Russian water expert has recommended that the Russian government tackle the growing crisis in the country's water industry by re-establishing the former Ministry of Housing.
Russia's RusHydro Selects New Board
19 Apr 2013 - 09:44 by Local Press Report
MOSCOW (Hydro World) — he shareholders of top Russian hydropower company RusHydro elected a new board of directors at an extraordinary general meeting on Friday, RIA Novosti reported. The shareholders reelected fi
Ukrainian, Russian Scientists Use Worms for Sewage Waste Disposal
18 Apr 2013 - 08:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Ukraine, KYIV — Scientists in Ukraine and Russia have announced completion of a new process for safely disposing of the dry residual waste left in sewage treatment plants.
Russian Finance Ministry Downgrades Growth Forecasts; Water, Sewage Industries to Be Hit Hard
17 Apr 2013 - 08:04 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — On April 11 the Russian Ministry of Finance again downgraded its growth forecasts for the country’s economy this year.
Russia Registers Georgian Mineral Water
17 Apr 2013 - 10:25 by Local Press Report
MOSCOW (Azernews) — Georgian 'Borjomi' mineral water received a state registration certificate in Russia, IDS Borjomi International announced on Tuesday.
Russia Selects Candidates for 2013 Clean Water Program
16 Apr 2013 - 07:39 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — Russia’s Ministry of Regions has selected the companies and regions that are eligible for federal budget subsidies to co-finance water infrastructure development programs this year under the federa
Only 60 Percent of Russians Drink Good Quality Water
12 Apr 2013 - 09:33 by Local Press Report
MOSCOW (Water World) — Only 60.6% of Russians enjoyed quality drinking water in 2012, President of the Russian Water Supply and Sanitation Association Stanislav Khramenkov told a Wednesday press conference at Interfax.
Russian Water Company Official Charged for Illegal Fee Collection
10 Apr 2013 - 08:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, KHABAROVSK — Genadij Nikanorov,director of the Garovskij Water Abstraction company in the Khabarovsk region of Russia’s Far East is being arraigned on charges of abuse of power.
Privatization Bid Likely to Fail in Russia’s Primorsky Krai Province
9 Apr 2013 - 07:42 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, VLADIVOSTOK — A privatization bid by the vodokanal (water company) in Russia’s Primorsky Krai province may be halted due to a new proposed federal law on water supply and wastewater treatment.
Russian Government Eyes Strategy to Protect Water, Infrastructure From Cyber-Attacks
8 Apr 2013 - 07:52 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — A new position paper from the Russian Federal government has suggested the country needs to develop a coherent strategy to counter the threat of cyber-attacks on infrastructure, with specific empha
India’s Wabag Sees Growth in Desal Projects in Arab, North African Nations
8 Apr 2013 - 07:50 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CHENNAI, India — Chennai-based global water treatment firm VA Tech Wabag sees opportunities for desalination projects in Arab and North African countries that have started re-development work after periods of socia
Russia Looks to PPPs to Clean Up Baltic Pollution
5 Apr 2013 - 09:35 by Local Press Report
ST. PETERSBURG (UPI) — Russia's push to create public-private partnerships as a way to help clean up the polluted Baltic Sea is the focus of an environmental summit in St.
Greenpeace Sends "Polar Bear" Down Russian River
3 Apr 2013 - 09:20 by Local Press Report
MOSCOW (bsr-Russia) — A Greenpeace activist wearing a polar bear costume paddled down a river in Russia Monday to protest potential oil drilling in the Arctic. At around 10 a.m., the protester used an iceberg-loo
Russian MP Suggests Freezing Public Service Tariffs for Next Three Years
2 Apr 2013 - 08:37 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — Reacting to the rapidly rising public service tariffs throughout the country, Russian Duma (Parliament) member and chairman of the Audit Committee Sergeij Stepashin has proposed a freeze on “any
Russia Works to Ease Concerns Over Siberian Pipeline
1 Apr 2013 - 00:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — The Russian government and state-owned oil pipeline company Transneft on March 27 offered journalists in the Russian Far-East a tour of the environmental protection facilities attached to a new oil
Voronezh Water Finally Safe to Drink
29 Mar 2013 - 07:34 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, VORONEZH — The Russian city of Voronezh, which has suffered several years of press over its water infrastructure, announced on March 25 that the microbial content of drinking water provided to residents has f
Russia’s Sakhalin Island Faces Critical Water Shortages by 2050
27 Mar 2013 - 07:13 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK — The sparsely populated Sakhalin Island, located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Russia’s far-eastern region, is under serious threat of critical water shortages by the middle of this century.
Minsk Supply Will Come Entirely From Groundwater by 2015
26 Mar 2013 - 08:03 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MINSK, Belarus — The city government of the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on March 20 announced a new construction project that will see the city relying entirely on groundwater accessed through artesian wells by 2015
Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Rejects Concession Agreement for Water Utility
25 Mar 2013 - 07:52 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, NIZHNY NOVGOROD — The Nizhny Novgorod City Council last week vote against granting local vodokanal (water company) a 25-year concession for the city’s water supply and wastewater treatment services.
Russia's Amur Region Sees Huge Tariff Increase After Subsidy Cut
21 Mar 2013 - 07:26 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, BLAGOVESHCHENSK — Five towns and villages in the Russian far-eastern region of Amur have seen their water bills increase by 223 percent in just the past year, despite federally mandated maximum price rises.
Scientists Investigate Effects of Meteorite on Russian Lake
19 Mar 2013 - 07:30 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, CHELYABINSK — Scientists in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia have begun analyzing samples of water taken from in and around Lake Chebarkul, where a meteorite landed last month.
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