Krasnodar GRES Project Volume I11 Environmental Assessment

4.2.2.4 The Regions of Groundwater Formation and Leakage
The Krasnodar GRES site is located in the region of Azov-Black Sea artesian basin
groundwater formation.
4.2.2.5 Service Water Intake
The nearest downstream mechanical water intake from the Laba river is located
15 km downstream and is intended for irrigation of 398 hectares of the orchard in
Mostovskoy fruit-growing state farm; it operates from April to October. The
nearest upstream mechanical water intake is located at the Kurgansky UOS of the
Suvorov collective farm which is located 13 km upstream in the Labinsk region
and operates from April till September to irrigate 218 hectares of plow land.
More detailed information can be found in the manual "A list of water consumers,
currently (1985) utilizing groundwater, hydraulically connected with surface
water, and long-term (up to 2005) prospects of water use." Due to its size, it is
not presented in this report.
4.2.2.6 Hydrogeological Map
A sketch of the hydrogeological conditions on the Krasnodar GRES site is
displayed in Fig. 4.2. The hydroisohypses run perpendicular to the Laba river flow
at a depth of about 3 m. The width of the underflow varies from 2 to 4 km.
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