Dmitry Kirillov, head of a department of the Russian Ministry for Environment, said that Russia was working on a project to pump a cubic kilometer of water from River Kuban to Crimea, Yuga.ru reports.
The peninsula consumes 1.7 cubic kilometers of water a year, according to the official. A pipeline over the Kerch Strait will cost 75-100 billion rubles, which is more costly than building gas pipelines in the region.
The project still needs feasibility studies and designing. Kirillov reminded that such projects had already been realized in Hong Kong and Singapore. Crimea fulfills up to 85% of its demands for water using the North-Crimean Canal, which Ukraine shut down in early April.
