Article ID: CBB001211354

The History of Moscow's Water Supply: “Prospecting for New Sources,” 1913 to the 1930s (2010)

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Ozerova, N. A. (Author)


VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Volume: 10, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 75-94


Publication Date: 2010
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Russian.
Language: Russian

By the beginning of the twentieth century, when the existing aqueducts could no longer meet the growing city's needs, the water supply became one of Moscow's most critical problems. In 1913 a commission for surveying new sources of water was created, whose task also included developing projects for new waterworks. The commission proposed three chief alternatives for Moscow's water supply: the Oka river, the Volga river, and a reservoir in the Moscow river basin. After a detailed study, most of the earlier proposals had to be abandoned. The most workable project turned out to be a reservoir on the Istra river, which was constructed in 1935, after the commission's activities had already ended.

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Authors & Contributors
Spackman, Christy C. W.
Stroshane, Tim
Schulte, Steven C.
Bickers, Margaret A.
Schmidt, Jeremy J.
Padawangi, Rita
Concepts
Water supply
Water
Water resource management
Technology
Drainage; irrigation
Technology and politics
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
Renaissance
Ancient
20th century, early
Places
United States
Spain
Colorado (U.S.)
Great Britain
Jakarta (Indonesia)
Toledo (Spain)
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