The main characteristics of the socioeconomic development of Volga basin are given. Data on the use of water resources and the development of economic branches in the basin in 1980-2002 are analyzed. The dynamics of variations in the efficiency indices of water use in industry, agriculture and municipal economy in the upper, middle, and lower Volga.
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