Vodokanal of St. Petersburg, state unitary enterprise

Structure

In SUE Vodokanal of St. Petersburg about 8 thousand people work.

9 branches are a part SUE Vodokanal of St. Petersburg:

• Water supply of St. Petersburg
• Water disposal of St. Petersburg
• Transport and logistics
• Uniform settlement center
• Center of implementation of investment programs
• Information and education center
• Medical center
• The engineering and innovation center
• Center of implementation of social and economic programs

History

The centralized water supply in St. Petersburg appeared thanks to creation of joint-stock company of the St. Petersburg water supply systems which charter Alexander II approved on October 10, 1858. Among founders of Society were as engineers – A.N. Ermakov, P.I. Palibin, A.A. Peretts, E.I. Okel, and large businessmen – I.I. Glazunov, M.I. Yakunchikov, I.N. Kushinnikov.

1858-1917

At first the joint-stock company met great financial and technology difficulties. At the beginning of 1863 construction of a water supply system practically stopped. The water tower on Shpalernaya Street (architects I.A. Mertz and E. Shubersky) was at that time constructed and several versts of a water supply system are laid. Means of authorized capital of Society were spent, shares were sold badly, and even the government subsidy could not change a situation. In March, 1863 Society was entered by the St. Petersburg merchant of the I guild A.I. Kron who granted the missing sum (about 900 thousand rubles) and undertook to complete the prolonged works.

Supply with water of the first consumers began at the end of 1863.

During construction the original project underwent some changes. Was at first going to take water from so-called "ladle" – the artificial reservoir connected to Neva near Tauride Palace. However "ladle" for these purposes was unsuitable, and Society had suit a water intake from Neva.

To the middle of the 1870th years inhabitants only of a left-bank part of the city used a water supply system. For supply with water of the St. Petersburg (Petrograd) and Vyborg sides and also Vasilyevsky Island in 1873 the new joint-stock company (Partnership) which was transferred to the control to the English contractors was created.

In 1890 the City Duma made the decision on the redemption of property of Society of the St. Petersburg water supply systems, and in 1892 – and Partnerships of new water supply systems, in city property. For management of water supply systems the City executive commission on water supply of St. Petersburg subordinated to town council was created. On representation of the executive commission by the chairman the managing director of city water supply systems was appointed.

In the first decades of system operation of the centralized water supply in St. Petersburg all subscribers received the water subjected only to rough mechanical cleaning. In 1889 at the Main waterworks there began work the sandy filters constructed Public the St. Petersburg water supply systems according to the insistent requirement of the city authorities.

In 1911 on the St. Petersburg (Petrograd) side the station of filtering with water ozonization was built. At the Main waterworks disinfecting of drinking water was implemented by chlorine (the first experiments of chlorination were made in Kronstadt in 1909). Since 1911 there began work the Executive commission on a construction of the sewerage and reorganization of water supply of St. Petersburg created by City Council to which considerably passed functions of development of water economy. Soviet period World War I and Civil wars negatively affected technical condition of a water supply system of the city, its constructions, the equipment and networks. In the twentieth – the beginning of the thirtieth years of the last century for construction of conduits it was even necessary to use wooden pipes – because of the shortage of more suitable materials. Pre-revolutionary level of water supply in a city water supply system was reached only by 1935.

However there were also achievements at this time. First of all this construction of the Southern waterworks (the I queue is started up in 1933, the II queue, partially, - in 1940) and upgrade of treatment facilities of the Main waterworks.

In 1923-1924 works on construction of sewer networks were resumed. In 1925 the city authorities approved the main plans of channeling of Leningrad (according to the separate scheme, with selection of four independent sewer pools). As the pilot area for creation of a new system of the sewerage Vasilyevsky Island was selected. Construction of the sewerage on Vasilyevsky Island (with the total length of street network of 153.3 km) continued within 10 years. By 1930 the Vasileostrovsky sewer pump station was constructed. The production of sewage (without cleaning) was made to the Nevsky bay.

In the thirties actively collecting pipes in some other districts of the city were under construction. Extent of sewer network of Leningrad reached 1130 km that exceeded pre-revolutionary level more than twice. In 1940 the new general scheme of channeling of Leningrad which cornerstone the separate water disposal system also was was accepted. The scheme provided mechanical purification and upholding of sewage, with the subsequent reset in four channels of the Nevsky bay. Storm waters had to be reset in all waterways of the city. Laying of the main collectors was supposed to be made by a tunnel method.

The special page in the history of Vodokanal is connected with the Great Patriotic War and the Leningrad blockade. Waterworks and substations, pure reservoirs, treatment facilities, communications, street networks were exposed to intensive bombings and firings. Only in the territory of the Southern waterworks 955 shells exploded. The personnel of especially important objects were transferred to the barracks. Destruction of networks caused flooding of cellars, streets and squares, and sometimes - and the whole districts of the city. However both the city water supply system, and the sewerage worked constantly – except for January 25-26, 1942 when supply of electricity was turned completely off.

During 1950-1970 average daily water supply to the city grew more than twice - from 912.8 thousand m3 to 2057.6 thousand m3. In 1948 input of the II queue of the Southern waterworks was complete. In 1964 the Volkovsky waterworks, and in the 1971st – the I queue of Northern waterworks were entered. Actively also water pump stations were under construction. In 1952 the State committee of Council of ministers of the USSR approved the project of construction of the sewerage in the central part of Leningrad in which not the separate, but all-floatable scheme of channeling was offered. The first stage of the sewerage in the central part of the city, with the Master pump station, was put into operation in 1958.

In 1966 the General scheme of the sewerage of Leningrad which included, in addition, three large complexes of sewer treatment facilities was approved. The first of them – the Central station of aeration – was entered in 1978 (the I queue). Before all sewer drains of the city were reset in reservoirs practically without cleaning. In 1984 the II queue Central, and in 1987 – the I queue of Northern aeration of stations was entered. In 1986 construction of Southwest treatment facilities began. The contemporary history In the 90th years SUE Vodokanal of St. Petersburg the concept of strategic planning of financial and economic activity of the enterprises of the housing and communal services (HCS), new to Russia, was developed and implemented. Creation of a management system on the basis of planning of corporate development became the major step in implementation of this concept at the enterprise.

Implementation of the concept of strategic planning provided sustainable development SUE Vodokanal of St. Petersburg. In 1992 the enterprise could pass to self-sufficiency and attract necessary investments for reconstruction and development. In 2004 the Program of reconstruction and development of water supply systems and water disposal of St. Petersburg for 2004-2011 was developed. On September 22, 2005 start-up of Southwest treatment facilities in the presence of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin, the president of Finland Tarja Halonen, the prime minister of Sweden Yoran Persson took place.

Along with construction of new constructions where the most modern technologies were applied, complex reconstruction of the existing stations of aeration was carried out. By 2006 three "hot spots" located in a zone of a catchment basin of the Baltic Sea were liquidated. In 2007 the Central station of aeration was reconstructed that allowed to achieve not just accomplishment - overfulfillment - the set HELKOM of standards for removal of biogenes. From the beginning of work in 2007 of two new plants on burning of a deposit of drain waters at the Northern station of aeration and Southwest treatment facilities St. Petersburg became the first megalopolis in which the problem of utilization of a deposit of drain waters is completely solved.

In 2008 the St. Petersburg Vodokanal celebrated the 150 anniversary. Start of the first section of continuation of the Main collecting pipe became one of the most important events of anniversary year.

In 2009 the Vodokanal celebrated the 20 anniversary of cooperation with the Ministry of the environment of Finland. The conference "Baltika was devoted to this date. General sea. General care".

In June, 2009 the ceremony of export of the last cylinder with chlorine from the territory of Northern waterworks which marked final failure of Vodokanal from use in disinfecting of water of liquid chlorine and its replacement by safe hypochlorite of sodium was held.