Tatarstan is a positive example of systematic work on the national Environmental well-being project
An off-site meeting of the headquarters in the framework of Incident No. 55 was held in Tatarstan today, the main topic of which was the assessment and improvement of the efficiency of the treatment facilities built and reconstructed within the framework of the national project "Environmental well-being".
The meeting was attended by Maxim Korolkov, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, Alexey Yeresko, Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing of the Russian Federation, Alexander Shadrikov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Marat Aizatullin, Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The participants visited a number of key facilities, including the BSTP sewage treatment plant in Kazan and other facilities built under the national project. As part of the working trip, a video conference was also held with all regions of Russia, aimed at sharing experiences and coordinating actions. The meeting was led by Alexander Kozlov, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, Maxim Korolkov, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, and Alexey Yeresko, Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing of the Russian Federation.
Alexey Yeresko, Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing of the Russian Federation, noted the high level of organization of the event in Tatarstan and stressed the correctness of choosing the Republic as a positive example for holding a field headquarters.
Rustam Nigmatullin, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, said that Tatarstan is showing good results in achieving the regulatory parameters of wastewater at wastewater treatment plants included in the federal project "Improving the Volga River". Of the 15 facilities under monitoring, all regulatory indicators have been achieved for 12. Confirmation of compliance with the standards is expected for two facilities.
The First Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan emphasized that thanks to the systematic work of the federal and republican headquarters in the framework of Incident No. 55, it was possible to study the problems of operating wastewater treatment plants more deeply and significantly increase their efficiency. Despite the successes achieved, there is still an understanding of the existing challenges, and Tatarstan is open to sharing experiences with other regions that demonstrate best practices in this area.
For reference: within the framework of the federal project "Improving the Volga River" of the national project "Ecology" for 2019-2024, 13 sewage treatment plants located in the Volga basin of the Republic of Tatarstan were built (reconstructed). Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, Yelabuga (stage I, II), Zainsk, Tetyushi, Krasny Bor village, Agryzsky municipal district, village of Alekseevskoye, Vasilyevo village and Nizhniye Vyazovye village of Zelenodolsk municipal district, Yurtovo village of Menzelinsky municipal district, Pestretsy village and Koshchakovo village of Pestrechinsky municipal district). In 2024, the reconstruction of biological sewage treatment plants in Kazan, which are among the top 200 major pollutants of the Volga River, was completed (implementation period is 2021-2024). As a result, the environmental living conditions for the republic's population of more than 2.3 million people have been improved.