This article analyzes the trend of developing tariffs for services in the scope of water supply and water disposal in Rostov Region and concludes that they keep growing steadily. The article discloses the main methods of regulation of tariffs for housing and communal services taking into consideration specific characteristics of the water sector of regional economics. It describes highs and lows of the method of economically sound expenses, the method of invested capital profitability, the method of indexation and method of comparison of analogues. It substantiates the perspective of application of double-rate tariffs in the scope of water supply and water disposal of the region.

Keywords: Tariffs, method of regulation, water supply and water disposal, indexation, double-rate tariffs, regional economics, local natural monopoly.