caa a22 4500 477131204 CHVBK 20180405111704.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19970501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02768783 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02768783 Fevralev A. aut Effectiveness of the utilization of water-power resources of small rivers in the Volga Basin [Elektronische Daten] [A. Fevralev] Conclusions: 1. The water-power resources of small rivers in the Volga basin are significant: the economic potential of the WPR of these rivers is more than 20% of the production of electric power by the hydroelectric plants in the basin. 2. Use of the water-power resources of the small rivers in the basin will create a significant nature-preserving effect: thus, the number of releases of polluting substances by thermal electric plants into the atmosphere will diminish by 92,100 tons/year, and the releases of polluted water by 11,100 tons/year. 3. The production of electric power by hydroelectric plants on small rivers of the basin will increase the reliability of electric supply to rural consumers, owing to which shortages of electric power will be reduced by 13.1 million kWh/year. 4. The effectiveness of capital expenditures for utilization of the WPR of the small rivers is rather high: considering the nature-preserving effect, the increase in reliability of electric supply, and an increase recreational potential, the payback time may be 5.8 years; this is significantly shorter than the operating period of the hydroelectric plants (30-40 years). Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1997 Hydrotechnical Construction Springer US 31/5(1997-05-01), 315-320 0018-8220 31:5<315 1997 31 10749 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02768783 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02768783 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Fevralev A. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Hydrotechnical Construction Springer US 31/5(1997-05-01), 315-320 0018-8220 31:5<315 1997 31 10749 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer