Renovation of Lomonosov Street aqueduct commences on Wednesday

SOE “Apa-Canal Chisinau” (ACC) will begin the renovation works of the new aqueduct on the capital’s Mihail Lomonosov Street on Wednesday, June 27. Concomitantly, networks, electric and mechanic installations on this street will be repaired, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to an ACC press release, the works will be executed according to the Chisinau City Hall ordinance of June 14. In order to do that, the water provider will have to, temporarily, stop water supply in the area. Thus, on June 27, from 8 AM until 6 AM the next day, water supply will cease in the perimeter of the following streets: Academiei, Drumul Viilor, Mitropolit Gurie Grosu, Timis, Universitatii, Vasile Alecsandri, Pan Halippa, Alexandru Cosmescu, Mihail Lomonosov, Vladimir Korolenko, Gheorghe Asachi and Ismail. During this timeframe, people will get water from cisterns. The connection of the new 600mm-diameter aqueduct will be done in several steps and will be finished by the end of July. With a length of about 1 km, the aqueduct will connect the water networks from Centru and Botanica, and will assure a stable water supply for the inhabitants of these sectors. The cost of the works rises up to 5 million lei, money that was allotted from the Municipal Budget after a credit from the International Financial Corporation had been obtained. The renovation of the aqueduct on Lomonosov Street is one of the four massive works projected by “Apa-Canal Chisinau” for 2012. Simultaneously, the municipal utility will prepare the water and sewage networks for the cold season. According to the ACC board, 8 km of aqueduct and sewers have been renovated, 9 pump stations and two water treatment stations have been repaired and 68 technological units such as pumps, electric stations and tubs have been renovated over the last two months, since the beginning of preparation works for the cold season. Regarding the housing stock, 1140 water meters have been installed on service pipes of apartment blocks. At the same time, the cleaning of water pipes had begun. Company workers cleaned 12 drinking water reservoirs in the capital and in villages Tohatin and Colonita. 96 aqueduct and sewage wells, 9 wastewater-pumping stations and 66 technological units such as tubs, pumps, valves and fans have been renovated. The company budget for 2012 includes planned capital investments of 33.2 million lei, capital repairs of 33.1 million lei and current repairs of 26.9 million lei.