Where is the hot water?
Many are concerned about the issue of water supply. In our country, almost in every city can turn off the water, and even in the summer. Why is this happening? Where is the hot water?
In this article, we'll figure out why hot water is turned off in winter and summer.
Switching off hot water supply
Just note that every city has its ownfeatures of water supply networks. In this article we will consider the general case, which is the reason for the shutdown of hot water in winter and summer. So, the main reasons for switching off hot water supply are:
- repair, as well as preventive work of backbone networks;
- reconstruction of heat distribution networks;
- preventive works, hydrotesting.
In simple terms, all these activitiesare the so-called preparatory stage for the heating season. There are two heating seasons, namely winter and summer. All measures aimed at maintaining heat supply must be tested. Otherwise, the risk of accidents is extremely high. Moreover, maintenance of heat supply networks takes place by districts.
That's why we often hear thatthe hot water supply will be cut off in one area or another, and not in the whole city at once. For example, in Moscow, the organization involved in servicing the heat supply network has 5000 kilometers of pipelines. Of course, the maintenance of such a network can take a long time.
Meanwhile, under the established legislation,the duration of preventive and repair work can not exceed 3 weeks. However, this term can be violated due to various problems in the heat supply networks.
All this also causes an inadequate quality of hot water. More on this you can read in the article What should be hot water.
