Ahead of the heating season, water supply and wastewater facilities are undergoing a range of preventive and repair work aimed at ensuring their trouble-free and stable operation, Aleksei Filanovich noted.

«During the autumn-winter period, no one is insured against short-term power outages due to a number of natural factors. When power supply is restored, priority is given to ensuring the uninterrupted operation of category I and category II reliability facilities. The number of connections to the power grid is also taken into account,» he explained.

A fleet of autonomous power sources is a key element of the backup system. In recent years, housing and utilities enterprises have purchased more than 1,000 generators of various capacities.

«The equipment is owned by the enterprises, deployment locations have been designated, and specific water supply and sewerage facilities have been assigned to each generator. This enables emergency repair crews to deliver a mobile power source and restore water supply as quickly as possible,» he emphasized.

Aleksei Filanovich added that backup equipment is available in every district center. The generator fleet has been selected to match the scale of the facilities, ranging from small portable units to large trailer-mounted power stations.

«If we are talking about a small rural settlement, a regular portable generator is enough to keep a water tower or pump running, ensuring water supply for the entire settlement. If we speak about large cities, several major power sources are necessary there as a safety net,» he concluded.