Rosprirodnadzor catches Vodokanal discharging into the Neva and Bolshaya Nevka
Rosprirodnadzor has issued a warning to the State Unitary Enterprise "Vodokanal of St. Petersburg," headed by Vitaly Pirogov. Since October 17, the duty officer's phone has been receiving reports of periodic discharges of polluted wastewater into the Neva and the Bolshaya Nevka. This information came from data provided by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.
Rosprirodnadzor has issued a warning to the State Unitary Enterprise "Vodokanal of St. Petersburg," headed by Vitaly Pirogov. Since October 17, the duty officer's phone has been receiving reports of periodic discharges of polluted wastewater into the Neva and Bolshaya Nevka rivers. This information came from data provided by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.
Already on October 21, inspectors inspected the water area near 49 Vyborgskaya Embankment: a murky stream with the smell of domestic sewage was flowing into the river from a metal pipe with a diameter of about one meter. This is the UAP-232 outlet. Vodokanal explained the activation of the stormwater discharge by the shutdown of pumping unit No. 14 at the Main Pumping Station of the Northern Aeration Station.
During a follow-up inspection on October 29, no discharge was detected, but the distinctive odor persisted. In addition, the discharges from AV-5, AV-648, and UAP-232 were not registered with the state as facilities having a negative impact on the environment.
The agency demanded that the records be updated and that discharges of polluted water be eliminated. According to Kontur.Focus, Vodokanal is the defendant in 106 cases totaling 9.4 billion rubles.
