Water supply of Azovsky Nemetsky (German) National District in the Omsk Region: present-day situation, problems and outlook

The article deals with the problem of drinking water supply to population. The water supply sources of Azovsky Nemetsky (German) National District of the Omsk Region are characterized in the research. The Irtysh River is the main source of drinking water supply. In general, the studied district is situated in the territory with a shortage of fresh groundwater. Currently, the water supply to Azovsky Nemetsky (German) National District settlements is provided by a complex of hydraulic constructions of the Lyubino-Isilkul and Tavrichesky group water conduits. These pipes take water from the Irtysh River as part of water intake and treatment facilities, water pipelines and a pressure distribution network. In addition to the generally accepted water supply from the group water conduit we define the aquifers of the lower Miocene deposits of the Abrosimov (N1 ab ) and upper Oligocene deposits of the Zhuravsky suites (P3 zr) with water mineralization from 1.3 to 5.4g/l. as the most potentially productive in the period of increasing anthropogenic load within Azovsky Nemetsky (German) National District. In case of their usage for drinking water supply the technology of demineralization is recommended.