Belvodokanal suggested where you can find out about the quality of drinking water at a specific address

In Belarus, work continues on the creation of a state register of drinking water supply and sanitation systems. This was told at the webinar of the NCSPI to explain the norms of the law “On drinking water supply and sanitation (sewage)” General Director of GPO “Belvodokanal” Irina Rovbo, writes BelTA.

Government Decree No. 468 of September 16 approved the regulation on the procedure for the formation, maintenance and use of the state register of drinking water supply and sanitation systems. The document was adopted in pursuance of article 37 of the law “On drinking water supply and sanitation”. The resolution determines the procedure for creating, maintaining, updating and using information of the state register of systems. The State Register is an information resource that provides collection, processing and storage of data on all drinking water supply and sanitation systems, their elements, volumes and quality of drinking water, as well as the quantitative and qualitative composition of wastewater. The register is owned by the Ministry of Housing and Utilities. Belvodokanal is responsible for its maintenance, placement and storage of information, data protection, ensuring uninterrupted access to the resource, processing of information messages and advising users.

Users of the state register are individuals and legal entities, as well as organizations engaged in water supply and sanitation.

The resource will be open to all residents of the country. The user will be able to find information about the quality of drinking water at a specific address, as well as find out which organization provides the service, said Irina Rovbo.

Information in the register will also be provided by republican government bodies. They will transmit data on water use and safety indicators. Local executive and administrative bodies will annually send the results of the inventory of drinking water supply systems.

- The register will accumulate all available information and check their comparability and correctness. This is necessary so that the accounting is reliable and no object or volume of water supply was lost, the Director General explained.

After receiving data, Belvodokanal checks their relevance and compliance with statistical reporting indicators. Only after this information will be accepted for the formation of the register. Users will be able to search for the necessary information in the electronic archive and upload them.

- This can be useful for legal entities that plan to place production in a particular locality. With the help of the register, they will be able to assess which organizations are able to provide services, as well as whether centralized systems have the necessary reserves of production capacities, said Irina Rovbo.

The data of the state register are used to assess the state of drinking water supply and sanitation systems, the organization of water supply and sanitation, including in the absence of centralized systems and emergency situations, prospective construction of systems, proper provision of water supply and sanitation services. The registry data will be updated annually.

- The registry information will be public, except for information of limited distribution. Access to the resource is free and free. Currently, work is underway to create a state register, said Irina Rovbo. Belarus conducts inventory of drinking water supply systems