In July 2018, environmentalists identified an exceeded content of pollutants in the Karatai river of Leninogorskiy district. On this fact, a report on initiation of an administrative offense was drawn up against a legal entity and a penalty of 80,000 rubles was imposed. In order to control water bodies, the specialists of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted a re-analysis of natural water, which also revealed the excess. Violations have not been eliminated. An administrative investigation under Article 8.13 part.4 of Administrative Code of the Russian Federation was initiated.