Analysts from the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center predict that polluted water in the Seim and Desna rivers will reach the Kyiv region sometime between September 14 and 16.
Points of attention
- Analysts predict polluted water from the Seim and Desna rivers will reach the Kyiv region by mid-September.
- Authorities are working with Vodokanal to develop contingency measures for potential water quality deterioration.
- Laboratory examinations indicate no pollution in drinking water in the Kyiv region currently.
- The causes of water pollution are traced back to sewage discharge in the Russian city of Tyotkino.
- The Ministry of Environment is closely monitoring and cooperating to ensure drinking water quality standards are met.
How the Kyiv region is preparing for the approach of polluted water from the Sejm and Desna
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources noted that they are cooperating with JSC "AK Kyivvodokanal" in the development of measures in case of a possible deterioration of the condition of water near drinking water intakes in the Kyiv region.
If water quality deteriorates, Kyivvodokanal JSC is ready to immediately adjust technological processes so that drinking water quality indicators meet the requirements of State sanitary standards and regulations. However, we emphasize that there are no such risks today, the Ministry of Environment said in a statement.
It is noted that the laboratories of the State Water Agency, DEI and the Kyiv City Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health regularly intensively monitor water from the Seimas and Desna, in particular, in the area of drinking water intakes in the Kyiv region.
So far, in the selected samples of drinking water at the control points of the centralized water supply of the city of Kyiv, no excesses in terms of sanitary-chemical and bacteriological indicators have been detected, the department emphasizes.
In addition, the Ministry of Environment was informed about the situation with the state of water in the Desna River. In particular, as of the morning of September 10, pollution has moved approximately 191 km (near the village of Shestovytsa) from the confluence of the Seim River with the Desna.
During a visual inspection, pollution is fixed at points and does not have a uniform character. In the area of the village Shestovytsia observed darkening of the water, a specific smell, accumulation of shallow fish under the shore, isolated cases of fish deaths. Downstream, no signs of pollution have been recorded, the agency emphasizes.
It is noted that the improvement of the situation and isolated facts of the death of fish are recorded near Chernigov.
In general, the process of moving pollution along the river tributary continues along the Desna in Chernihiv region. The worst indicators are recorded in the village. Boromyki and Chernihiv.
Exceeding the manganese content by 3.8-8.4 times is recorded in points p. Pekariv, village Boromyki and Chernihiv.
The content of total iron in the points of Boromyky and Chernihiv exceeded by 2.3 times.
The Ministry of Environment informs that the situation is gradually improving in the Seim River in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions, the content of dissolved oxygen is slowly increasing, but it is still below the norm.
What is known about the causes of pollution of the Seim River and, through it, the Desna River
The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, noted that the cause of the pollution of the Seim River on the territory of the Russian Federation was the discharge of sewage by a sugar factory in the Russian city of Tyotkino.
Shmyhal noted that there is no threat to human life and health. In particular, there is no threat to water intakes of Chernihiv on the Desna River, as well as on the Dnieper of Kyiv.
