A new stage in the development of the land reclamation and water management complex of the Russian Federation

Abstract

This article is dedicated to issues of improving the land reclamation and water management sector of the agro-industrial complex at the present stage of development of the water industry. This is dictated by the current needs of the socioeconomic development of the Russian Federation, dynamic climate change, and active progress in the field of information and digital technologies, as well as by new opportunities for mathematical modeling and software and the development of production and construction technologies, structures, and materials. The attention of the authors is focused on the role of climate change in the deterioration of agricultural conditions, which is confirmed by the results of a statistical retrospective analysis of observational data from weather stations in the Lower Volga region, the Ural basin, the Far East, and southern Western Siberia. Forecast calculations of water supply (consumption by the population, land irrigation, animal husbandry) for 2035 show that all regions of the Lower Volga and the south of Western Siberia, as well as some regions of the Far East, will experience a lack of water resources for irrigating crops. In the current climatic, economic, and social conditions, the innovative development of the water management complex of the Russian Federation necessitates elaborating a state-of-the-art strategy for the sustainable development of the land reclamation and water management complex.