ИСТИНА

Water consumption within the basins of the rivers of the Russian Arctic practically does not affect their water runoff, the volume of river waters flowing into the Arctic seas of Russia. Enterprises and the population have took the largest amounts of water in the 1980s. But even in these years, the values of taken water were equal to first percent of the total runoff of Arctic rivers. Many rivers were practically not affected by water management. If we consider only irrevocable water consumption, the impact of this anthropogenic factor on the water resources of the Arctic rivers is negligible. Currently, water consumption has decreased to about 21.5 km3/year. A noticeable increase in pressure on the water resources of the rivers is observed in China and in the North of Western Siberia. By 2025-2030, this value may increase by 1.5 times. But this will not lead to negative changes in the water flow of the main Arctic rivers, as the climatic increasing water runoff of these rivers will be many times more. However, at the municipal level and for individual water users hydrological restrictions on water use in the Russian Arctic still exist. These restrictions can be divided into three large groups.