METHOD TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR PREVENTION OF BALAKOVO NPP AREA FLOODING

摘要

FIELD: construction.SUBSTANCE: method includes forwarding a larger part of Volga run-off from the Zhigulevskoe storage pond bypassing existing hydraulic structures of the Zhigulevskaya HPP along the valley of the Usa River for its supply into water-passage tunnels under a neck between water areas of the Zhigulevskoe and Saratovskoe storage ponds, designed to supply water onto blades of hydraulic turbines of a new hydraulic power plant in the area of the settlement Perevoloki of Samara region, and also for idle discharge of water into the water area of the Saratovskoe storage pond.EFFECT: invention makes it possible to increase the extent of protection of structures arranged in zones of possible breakthrough of water masses.2 cl