Provision of drinking water and monitoring of groundwater in the Republic of Tatarstan discussed at the Scientific and Technical Council of the Ministry of Ecology
The Ministry of Ecology hosted a meeting of the Subsoil Use section of the Scientific and Technical Council (STC). Two important issues related to providing the population with clean drinking water and monitoring the state of groundwater were considered at the meeting. The work was carried out by GBU Geocenter RT within the framework of the state program "Environmental Protection, reproduction and use of natural resources".
As part of the geological exploration project aimed at finding and evaluating sources of drinking water supply for the settlements of Matyushino and Bakcha-Sarai in the Verkhneuslonsky district, studies were conducted that received a positive expert opinion from the Volga Territorial Department of the Federal State Budgetary Institution Rosgeolexpertiza. The project was approved by the Ministry's STC.
The work, consisting of three stages (preparatory, field and desk), includes the collection and processing of archival data, field research and the preparation of the final geological report. The expected result is confirmed groundwater reserves of at least 200 cubic meters/day (100 cubic meters/day for Matyushino and 100 cubic meters/day for Bakcha-Sarai). The work is scheduled to be completed by 12/01/2025.
A report on the results of groundwater monitoring for 2024 was also presented at the STC. Based on routine observations, an assessment of the hydrodynamic state of groundwater in Kazan was carried out with a forecast for 2025. The report systematizes information about water supply sources (groundwater intakes and spring intakes) in the Republic of Tatarstan, analyzes changes in the groundwater resource base for 2024.
As of October 1, 2024, 542 deposits and sections of freshwater deposits with approved reserves of 2,400,572 thousand m3/day have been explored in the republic. The increase in operational reserves for the period from 01.10.2023 to 01.10.2024 amounted to 13.439 thousand m3/day (10 new deposits and sites). The availability of proven operational groundwater reserves per 1 person (as of 01.01.2024) is 0.60 m3/day.
The monitoring report was adopted by the Ministry's STC