Violation of the rules of water use caused the discharge of contaminated wastewater into the Ulema River. Exceeding the maximum permissible concentrations in a fishery reservoir was recorded by inspectors of the Zavolzhsky territorial Administration of the Ministry. According to the quarterly report of the water user submitted by the organization, exceedances of the MAC for biological oxygen consumption, ammonium ion and petroleum products were found.
For violating the requirements of the Water Code of the Russian Federation, an official was brought to administrative responsibility under Part 1 of Article 8.14 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation "Violation of the rules of water use during water intake, without water withdrawal and when wastewater is discharged into water bodies". A fine of 10 thousand rubles was imposed.