Drinking water in the reservoirs of the Crimea will last at least a year, said the head of the State Council of the Republic Vladimir Konstantinov on the last working day of the week. " today we have water for more than a year, even if in this period, we will not be generally a single draught. In this respect, nothing we don't threaten, " said Konstantinov at the meeting with residents of the Crimean capital, RIA " Novosti ". He also noticed that the problem of water scarcity on agriculture is solved by underground development of renewable and replacement crops. So, decided to completely abandon the cultivation of rice, which took up 70% of all irrigation water. In addition, the agenda overhaul of the outdated water pipes in the Republic, due to the deterioration which the losses are from 30 to 70%. According to Konstantinov, Crimea in full swing getting ready to reduce its dependence on water supplies from Ukraine and to reach full self-sufficiency of water resources, so that in the future not to depend on the whims of the Ukrainian authorities ". Recall, Ukraine was provided to 85% of the needs of the Crimea in fresh water through the North-Crimean canal, connecting the main channel of the Dnipro Peninsula. However, after the annexation of Crimea to Russia in the Republic was discontinued water supply in the North-Crimean canal. The problem of water supply in Crimea was not completely resolve after transferring water from the Crimean river Biyuk-Karasu in the North-Crimean canal. Currently we are drilling wells, the construction of new pipelines. Russia's natural resources Ministry has developed a plan to maintain uninterrupted water supply of the Republic of Crimea, including more than 80 events with the terms of implementation until 2017.
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