The rivers of the Novgorod region are polluted by sewage

Rospotrebnadzor in the Novgorod region on September 25 announced a warning to the administration of the Old Russian municipal district. Two days earlier, the North-West Interregional Directorate of Rosprirodnadzor on September 23 announced a warning to the MUP Municipal Economy of the Novgorod District. This information is posted on the website of the State Prosecutor’s Office.

The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Novgorod Region reported on September 3, 2026 that sewage from the Dostoevsky embankment in Staraya Russa falls into the Porusya River.

Specialists of the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Starorussky district checked the water at the exit of the pipe under the observation deck on the Dostoevsky embankment. Laboratory studies from September 21 showed serious excesses: the level of ammonia was more than 4 mg / dm3 with an acceptable value of 1.5 mg / dm3. In addition, a lot of bacteria were found in the water: E. coli (E. coli), and common coliform bacteria - their concentration exceeded the permitted values by more than 200 times. Such results indicate a violation of the current sanitary regulations.

In the village of Borki, Novgorod district, the reason for the inspection was a complaint about poorly treated sewage that enters the Veronda River. After leaving the site, the inspectors found out that sewage from sewage treatment plants operated by the MUE “KHPR” really fall into the river. Water flows from a flooded sewer well directly into the river.

The analysis showed that the maximum permissible concentrations of ammonia, iron, manganese, zinc, copper and lead were exceeded in the water, which is a violation of Part 4 of Article 56 of the Water Code of Russia.

Now in Rosprirodnadzor calculate the amount of damage caused to the river, which the enterprise will have to pay.

Also this summer, on the discharge of sewage into the water protection zone of the Kerest River in the Chudovsky district, the Novgorodskaya TC caught.