Engineering Infrastructure

Housing and utilities infrastructure plays a significant part in city economy. It’s efficiency is a key to normal functioning of public amenities and quality of urban living.

Rapidly developing industry and home building in present day Omsk require faster growth and modernizing of engineering infrastructure as well as energy and resource saving technology implementation.

©Photo courtesy of Leninskiy district media office

Omsk City Authorities currently work on integrated development plan of engineering infrastructure for the period through to 2025 with the following guidelines:

• sustainable long-term growth of engineering infrastructure in response to demand coming from real estate development;
• engineering infrastructure reliability and energy efficiency;
• reduction of environmental and health impact;
• quality improvement in energy, gas, heat and water supply as well as water and solid waste disposal.

Fuel-and-Power Sector

Omsk is a city where centralized heat supply is dominant. Totally there’s 111 owners and operators of 170 heating energy sources including 3 heating power plants and 167 large scale boiler stations.

©Photo: Vladimir Kazionov

Omsk Сentral Heating and Power Plant No. 3

Providing a background for future development, Omsk Heat Supply System Growth Plan for the period through to 2030 was approved. All major heat supply enterprises implement internal investment programs with the following periods of activity:

• OmskRTS, JSC—in 2015;
• Territorial Generating Company No. 11, JSC—for years 2015–2017;
• Heat Company, Omsk city municipal enterprise—for years 2015–2030.

Electric Power Supply Sector

Electric output of 3 Omsk heating power plants is 1,520 MW. JSC Omskelectro operates more than 3,000 km of underground power cables, more than 1,500 km of overhead high-voltage lines, 1,515 electrical substations and 93 distributing points.

©Photo: Alexey Malgavko

Inside Omsk Central Heating and Power Plant No. 3

Omsk Region is proud to have:

• Omskelectro, JSC, investment program for years 2015–2019;
• Mezhregionalnaya Raspredelitelnaya Setevaya Kompania Sibiry, JSC, Omsk branch investment program for years 2012–2017;

Water Supply and Disposal Sector

Water supply networks length is 1,600 km while sewage pipelines length is 1,100 km.

©Photo: Dmitry Roudakov

Drinking water samples are examined in the laboratory on hourly basis

Water Supply and Disposal Plans for the period through to 2027 were signed into law by the Order of Omsk City Authorities No. 1646-p on November 25, 2014.

JSC Omskvodokanal investment program for the period through to 2015 is being implemented nowadays. It is targeted on water supply and disposal systems development.

Energy Efficiency and Resource Economy

Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency Improving in Years 2014–2020—that’s the title of city-sponsored program designed for city-financed organizations, industry and public services. Being one of the strategic tasks for city leaders, this program was signed into law by the Order of Omsk City Authorities No. 1165-p on October 14, 2013.

To improve energy performance of municipal buildings, a pilot project was launched with the assistance of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. As a result of open tendering procedure, 6 schools (No. 34, 36, 49, 135, 137, 144) made performance contracts with LLC Kretus for a period of 7 years.

©Photo: Vladimir Safonov

Omsk City Authorities building night-time lighting

Omsk City Authorities also explores the possibility of:

• using performance contracts for city outdoor lightning system;
• upgrading of municipal boiler stations for the purpose of combined heat production (with the help of investors);
• mounting of sun-light collectors as a part of water-supply system in municipal buildings;
• construction of solid waste treatment plants.