Editing Neva (section)

== Commercial use ==
Neva has very few shoals and its banks are steep, making the river suited for navigation. Utkino Backwaters were constructed in the late 19th century to park unused ships. Neva is part of the major [[Volga–Baltic Waterway]] and [[White Sea – Baltic Canal]], however it has relatively low transport capacity because of its width, depth and bridges. Neva is available for vessels with capacity below 5,000 tonnes. Major transported goods include timber from [[Arkhangelsk Oblast|Arkhangelsk]] and [[Vologda Oblast|Vologda]]; [[apatite]], [[granite]] and [[diabase]] from [[Kola Peninsula]]; [[cast iron]] and [[steel]] from [[Cherepovets]]; coal from [[Donetsk]] and [[Kuznetsk]]; [[pyrite]] from Ural; [[potassium chloride]] from [[Solikamsk]]; oil from [[Volga]] region. There are also many passenger routes to [[Moscow]], [[Astrakhan]], [[Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast|Rostov]], [[Perm, Russia|Perm]], [[Nizhny Novgorod]], [[Valaam]] and other destinations.<ref>[http://www.map.infoflot.ru/region_europe/index_euro.htm Russian river fleet and tourism INFOFLOT.RU] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020231021/http://map.infoflot.ru/region_europe/index_euro.htm |date=20 October 2017 }}. Map.infoflot.ru. Retrieved on 2013-07-13.</ref> Navigation season on the Neva River runs from late April to November.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.st-petersburg.ru/transport/water/ |title=Водный транспорт |access-date=2010-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330145146/http://www.st-petersburg.ru/transport/water/ |archive-date=30 March 2009 }}. www.st-petersburg.ru (in Russian).</ref>

To the west of Shlisselburg, an oil pipeline runs under the river. The pipeline is part of the [[Baltic Pipeline System]], which provides oil from Timan-Pechora plate, [[West Siberian economic region|West Siberia]], [[Ural economic region|Ural]], [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast|Primorsk]] to the Gulf of Finland. The {{convert|774|m|ft|adj=on}} long pipeline lies {{convert|7|to|9|m|ft|0}} below the river bottom and delivers about 42 million tonnes of oil a year.<ref>[http://www.vsluh.ru/news/oilgas/21602.html#Icon_In Transneft has finished laying a tunnel under the Neva] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724184052/http://www.vsluh.ru/news/oilgas/21602.html#Icon_In |date=24 July 2011 }}. Vsluh.ru (25 August 2008). Retrieved on 2013-07-13.</ref>

Near the [[Ladozhsky Bridge]] there is an underwater tunnel to host a gas [[pipeline transport|pipeline]] [[Nord Stream 1]]. The tunnel has a diameter of {{convert|2|m|ft}} and a length of {{convert|750|m|ft}} and is laid at a maximum depth of {{convert|25|m|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.energospace.ru/2009/07/22/pod-nevojj-prolozhen-tonnel-dlja-severnogo-potoka.html |title=Под Невой проложен тоннель для "Северного потока" |access-date=2010-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121040816/http://www.energospace.ru/2009/07/22/pod-nevojj-prolozhen-tonnel-dlja-severnogo-potoka.html |archive-date=21 January 2010 }}. energospace.ru (22 July 2009).</ref>

Neva is the main source of water (96&nbsp;percent) of St. Petersburg and its suburbs. From 26 June 2009, St. Petersburg started processing the drinking water with ultraviolet light, abandoning the use of chlorine for disinfection.<ref>[http://www.vodokanal.spb.ru/vodosnabzhenie/tehnologii_ochistki/ Технологии очистки] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723042418/http://www.vodokanal.spb.ru/vodosnabzhenie/tehnologii_ochistki/ |date=23 July 2013 }}. vodokanal.spb.ru (in Russian).</ref> The Neva also has developed fishery, both commercial and recreational.<ref name = Geogr2/>