Ecological specialists drew water samples on the area of output of water and wastewater treatment facilities of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise “Vodokanal”

The Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev, inspected today the area of output of water and wastewater treatment facilities of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise “Vodokanal” on the Volga River. Using an eco-analytical vessel “Flamingo”, the control was exercised over the state of water, and the samples were drawn for a deeper analysis in the Central Specialized Inspection of Analytical Control. The vessel “Flamingo” is equipped with the system of dip sensors ensuring continuous measurement at two depths of the main physical and chemical water parameters (temperature, electric conductivity, the rate of mineralization, concentration of dilute oxygen and hydrogen ions in water, as well as oxidation-reduction potential), which allows to operatively control the state of water. All the data gathered from submerged sensors are transferred on a real-time basis to the computer-center of the station where they are processed and displayed on the monitor in a graphical mode. At the same time, the samples are continuously drawn from the same depths, and the water is conveyed to the onboard instruments of an express chemical analysis where the flowing injector analyzers are used to determine concentrations of pollutants in water (oil products, nitrate-, nitrite-, phosphate-, fluoride-, chloride-ions, ions of ammonium, copper and so on). The samples have been drawn from three sites: at the output site, as well as upstream and downstream. Parameters of the express analysis meant to determine the content of dilute oxygen are normal. The results of a more detailed analysis of the drawn samples will be brought to light within 7 days.

Press Service of the Ministry