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AVERAGE MUSCOVITE CONSUMES MORE WATER THAN ANY EUROPEAN

MOSCOW, MARCH 22, 2002. /FROM RIA NOVOSTI CORRESPONDENT GRIGORY TEBENIKHIN/ -- March 22 is World Day of Water. It is marked upon the decision of the UN Conference on the Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992.

At present the water consumption figure in Moscow is the highest in Europe: 320 litres in 24 hours per Muscovite. By way of comparison, the respective figure in Berlin stands at half of it. The reform of the communal economy which is being carried out in the capital necessitated better account of water supplied to apartments.

Mosvodokanal elaborated and submitted for approval a procedure for organising account of water consumption and payment for it which sets rules for installation and operation of water-measuring meters in apartments.

Search for, and introduction of new technical decisions aimed at improving water quality is the prime task now. It is intended to put the 4th unit for preparing drinking water for consumption on the basis of a technology which is fundamentally new for our country into operation at the Rublyovo water-supply station at the beginning of April.