MOSCOW — Russia has said that within the next decade it could begin the export of drinking water to needy countries, according to a November 24 report by news agency Press Trust of India.
Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the State Duma (lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, the parliament of the Russian Federation), said during Pure Water 2009, a November 25 international water forum here, “Our country has enough potential for this, and our many neighbors have need for water.”
Gryzlov said during the event, slated to run through November 25 at Moscow’s International Trade Centre, that global shortages have put water in the category of other key resources like oil and natural gas. “I presume that after five years, maximum 10 years, the export of water could become a reality for Russia,” he is quoted as saying.
The news agency also reported that Gryzlov said as part of the diversification of its national economy, Russia also could provide cutting-edge technology for water conservation and purification to its needy neighbors, primarily Kazakhstan and other Central Asian republics.
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