More than 3000 measurements were made by a new air control station in the Salavat Kupere microdistrict
Since the beginning of March, the new automatic air pollution control station (hereinafter – AAPCS) has carried out more than 3,000 measurements of pollutants. This station provides monitoring of the main pollutants in the air, such as: carbon monoxide, ammonia, nitrogen oxide, nitrogen dioxide, the sum of nitrogen oxides, hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide. The equipment installed at AAPCS provides continuous measurements of concentrations of pollutants in the atmospheric air with an average of 20 minutes for comparison with the maximum permissible maximum single concentrations of substances in the air.
According to the results of the AAPCS, located on the territory of the MBOU "Lyceum No. 188" at the address Ilham Shakirov Avenue, b. 3g from March 1 to March 10, no excess of the permissible concentration of pollutants in the atmospheric air was recorded. Let us recall that last year and at the beginning of this year, there was a surge in citizens' appeals on the quality of atmospheric air in the Kirovsky and Moscovsky districts of Kazan, as well as in the area of the residential complex "Salavat Kupere". In 2022, more than 200 appeals were received, and since the beginning of 2023, 137 appeals have already been received from residents of the Kirovsky district alone.
The Ministry of Ecology, together with employees of the Volga-Kama Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor, conducted visits for sampling atmospheric air, including with the participation of the "Salavat Kupere" complex residents. Based on the data of route surveys, inspections were carried out together with the prosecutor's office. Similar field trips and route surveys of territories were conducted to identify potential sources of periodic air pollution. It turned out that the main potential sources could be three enterprises, including the landfill on Khimicheskaya St., owned by the MC "PZhKH". Information about all 3 objects was transferred to the Volga-Kama Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor for inspection together with the Kazan Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office.
The location of the AAPCS was chosen on the basis of summary calculations of atmospheric air pollution in Kazan, the database of which contains sources of emissions from enterprises, and taking into account incoming appeals from residents of Salavat Kupere. Automatic measurements and the selected location will allow for monitoring the quality of atmospheric air online in the zone of influence of nearby enterprises and facilities, including such as PJSC Kazanorgsintez, the MSW landfill of the Housing and communal services and others.