Today Yaroslavlvodokanal is one of the leading municipal enterprises in the city. It provides potable and process water for domestic and industrial needs and performs wastewater collection and treatment.

      The agency operates three water treatment plants with intakes from the rivers Volga and Kotorosl. The total capacity of the facilities is 325 ths. m³/day of potable water and 102,9 ths. m³/day of process water:

• Central Water Treatment Plant (CWTP) – 50 ths. m³/d
• Northern Water Treatment Plant (NWTP) – 215 ths. m³/d
• Southern Water Treatment Plant (SWTP) – 60 ths. m³/d

	Central Water Treatment Plant (CWTP)
	Northern Water Treatment Plant (NWTP)
	Southern Water Treatment Plant (SWTP)

      The process water plant is structurally part of the CWTP. The potable water consumption remains constant for the last 3 years; the agency completely covers the city’s water demand.

       The total length of distribution networks is 961,07 km; for sustainable pressure in the distribution network 88 booster pump stations (BPS) are used. The agency operates 8 city fountains.

           For pumping of collected wastewater 37 wastewater pump station are operated. The length of sewer nets is 827,00 km. 

The actual capacity of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is about 415 ths. m³/d. In 2002 after start-up of the WWTP Process Train 3 with a capacity of 150 ths. m³/d the agency will perform a complete treatment of all wastewater volumes inflowing the WWTP.

Since 1997 as part of the housing and communal services reform the agency received as an addition to its assets 277,98 km of water pipes, 291,36 km of sewers, 43 water and 17 wastewater pump stations.

Decree of the Yaroslavl City Mayor # 2026 of 17 November 1998 approves the Water and Wastewater Systems Development and Improvement Program up to 2005. The summary of the program includes 4 vital objectives for the agency:

1. Enhancement of the agency’s financial position connected with its debts for the budgets of different levels, accumulated during previous periods.
2. Creation of a facilities’ capacity reserve.
3. Improvement of the facilities and networks’ technical condition.
4. Complete treatment and disinfection of the total wastewater volumes received by the WWTP.