One more step towards modern safe water supply system in Sortavala

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Contruction underway

As a result of a tender procedure, Sortavala Municipal Administration has signed a municipal contract for construction of a water purification plant with Promenergo JSC. In the framework of this contract by the end of 2020 a new water purification plant with an output of 8500 m3/day will be built in Sortavala. The cost of construction is 153,6 mln roubles, 143.8 mln roubles of which is federal subsidy for the regional project "Clean water" that is part of a national program "Ecology".

Part of this funding is Russian co-financing of the cross-border cooperation Programme Karelia project KA6000. Project KA6000 envisions major full-scale modernization of the water supply system of the city: construction of a new water intake, construction of the pumping station of the 1 lift and reconstruction of the pumping station of the 2 lift. 

Promenergo JSC will take part in the reconstruction of the pumping station of the 2 lift where a single-step water purification system will emerge. It will use modern filtration technology with preliminary reagent treatment of water and two step decontamination of treated water at UV-installations. The pumping station will also have a control laboratory for analysis of water quality. 

Based on materials of The Official Web Portal Of the Republic of Karelia