Current and Expected Volumes of Local Water Supplies in the Central Federal Okrug of the Russian Federation

V. I. Babkin and A. V. Babkin

Average multiyear data on local water resources in all regions of the Central Federal Okrug of the Russian Federation in the period from 1930 to 2005 and their temporal variability are presented. The method of periodicities was applied for forecasting of the local water supplies of the considered territory out to 5–10 years. It was revealed that local water resources of the Central Federal Okrug are expected to be below the climatology norm by 5–6% in 2006–2010 and close to the norm in 2011–2015, while throughout the entire period (2006–2015) they will decrease by 4%.