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Is Petersburg a clean city?
Is Petersburg a clean city? Like dust, landfills and multi -colored river are reflected in ecology
Petersburgers report the mass death of fish and burning landfills, green spaces are gradually reduced in the city and the amount of dust is growing. At the same time, Petersburg regularly falls into lists of cities with good ecology. “Paper” talked with ecologists and found out that Petersburg pollutes most, which areas and rivers are considered the most dirty and whether it is possible to trust environmental ratings.Which areas in St. Petersburg are the most polluted?
According to the results of 2016, the highest rate of emission of pollutants into the air is in Vyborg, Kirovsky, Primorsky, Nevsky and Kolpinsky districts. Such results were presented by the Committee on Nature Management. Moreover, in the Vyborg district, this indicator is almost two and a half times more than in the rest. The report for 2017 has not yet been published. In 2018, activists of the Beautiful Petersburg measured dust in different areas of the city. Most of it turned out to be in the Primorsky district: there the level of pollution exceeded the norm by 70 times, activists called this an absolute record. In second place was the musetnian embankment of the Petrograd district, where the norm was exceeded by 37 times. True, in Smolny with the measurements of "beautiful Petersburg" they did not agree. They stated that activists incorrectly calculated the volume of dirt: they allegedly measured the pollution of both streets and intra -shit and intra -quarter territories not subordinate to the improvement committee.Which rivers of St. Petersburg are called the dirtiest?
The report of the Committee on Nature Management for 2016 states that the most polluted rivers of St. Petersburg are the Slavyanka River and the Obvodny Canal. At the same time, in 2015, Neva and the Black River were the most dirty. In St. Petersburg, small rivers are destroyed and falling asleep: Volkovka, Murinsky stream, Novaya River, Murzinka, Alexander Karpov, director of the ECU Expertise Center, told Paper .So, the Murzinka river in the Nevsky district in recent years has changed the color of water several times: it was white, blue, orange and red. Smolny fined the pollution of this river company Ecoprom. However, in June of this year, the river turned again - in purple. At the end of May 2018, Rospotrebnadzor checked the quality of water in the rivers and lakes of the Leningrad region. According to sanitary doctors, it is not safe in any of the reservoirs of the city.
If the reservoirs of the city are so dirty, is it possible to drink water from the tap?
Vodokanal claims that it is safe to drink water from a crane in St. Petersburg, since before supplying to the houses, water is disinfected in two stages: using a safe reagent and ultraviolet radiation. True, water quality can vary depending on the time of year. So, the most polluted water can be March-April in areas with old communications that are far from water treatment stations. Water in St. Petersburg meets the requirements of Russian SanPin, but, as experts note, he has softer conditions compared to the same European countries. Russian SanPiN admits a higher content of nitrites, vinyl chloride and nickel compared to the norms of the European Union. Therefore, water treatment experts recommend installing an additional filter at home.What is the most polluting the city?
Sources of pollution are directly related to economic city trends, says Alexander Karpov from the Center for Expertise "ECU". Previously, according to him, the main source of pollution was industrial enterprises, then they were replaced by transport and ports.The report of the Committee on Nature Management reports that 84.5 % of air pollution falls on emissions of vehicles into the atmosphere, another 15 % - to stationary sources: energy facilities, production, treatment facilities. At the same time, emissions from stationary objects, according to statistics, have been growing since 2013. The Vyborg district suffers most of all. In St. Petersburg, 25 automated monitoring stations have been installed, which show the level of air pollution in St. Petersburg. But, as the head of the energy programs of Greenperap Vasily Yablokov told Paper, these stations do not monitor pollution with hydrogen sulfide. Although the high level of hydrogen sulfide is a clear indicator that the city has problems with garbage and landfills.
There are more unauthorized landfills in St. Petersburg? How do they affect the ecology of the city?
According to Smolny, in St. Petersburg in 2016 126 unauthorized landfills with a total area of more than 304 square meters were recorded. m. At the same time, in 2015 only 63 landfills were revealed, but with a total area of more than 609 square meters. m. The report also lists one of the largest landfills. They are located in the Krasnoselsky district on the Volkhonskoye Shosse, in the water protection zone and the coastal protective strip of the Kuzminki River in the Pushkin district, in the Primorsky district east of Bolshaya Kamenka and in the Kolpinsky district on Sevastyanov Street. This year, the townspeople complained about a huge landfill with an area of 7 hectares at the Sosnovka park . In addition, the activists of the Green Front identified two large landfills in the industrial zones of Murina and New Devyatkin. Local residents regularly complained that smoke after burning garbage on landfills reaches kindergartens. The coordinator of the Greenpeace toxic Program project Dmitry Nesterov told Paper that the Krasny Bor waste landfill remains the most acute problem of St. Petersburg.Nesterov also noted that in 2019 in Russia a ban on burial at the landfills that are subject to processing will enter into force.
And what about green spaces? Is the situation worsening?
According to Vasily Yablokov, Greenpis from 2000 to 2016 analyzed how the green spaces of St. Petersburg and Moscow were reduced.Last year, the Paper showed how the green zones of the city have changed since 2001. For example, initially the 300th anniversary park occupied an area of 89 hectares, and in 2009 it decreased to 54 hectares. Alexander Karpov believes that green spaces in St. Petersburg are threatened by the current city improvement system. Alexander Karpov believes that green spaces in St. Petersburg are threatened by the current city improvement system.
How does Petersburg affect the environment?
Despite the fact that in St. Petersburg relatively good sanitary conditions for residents, the city has a serious environmental impact, and it grows every year, Karpov believes. One of the main problems he calls the disappearance of several species of animals, including fish. Petersburg goes to the sea, but the fish in the city is dear. Why? Paperpaper.ru How much fish produced in the Baltic Sea and Lake Ladoga, why does it not fall into St. Petersburg shelves and how can fish farms help?For the past couple of years, Petersburgers regularly report the mass death of fish in reservoirs. In early June 2018, the townspeople talked about many dead fish, which were nailed to the banks of the Yuntolovka River in the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg. In May, the dead fish were found on the section of the Gulf of Finland. In March 2017, Petersburgers published a photo of the deceased fish in Lake Dolgoma, in January of the same year, ecologists talked about the death of fish in the Pushkin district. In April 2016, dead fish were found in Izhora. In addition, in early June, the townspeople found about 20 dead seals. According to representatives of the Foundation of Friends of the Baltic Harp, animals died in the winter-spring period. Most likely, it will not be possible to identify the cause of death. According to Karpov, the seals and seals are on the verge of extinction, because because of the death of the fish they have nothing to eat.
According to one ratings, Petersburg is included in the top of dirty cities. According to others - in the top pure. Can such lists be believed?
Regularly, the rating of ecologically prosperous cities is the Green Patrol organization, which specializes in research and examinations. Analysts evaluate the impact of the region on the environment, environmental measures, the environmental responsibility of the business, and the civil activity of the population. In the final ranking for 2017, Petersburg was in 8th place in environmental well-being. And in 2016, the city ranked 12th. Moreover, in both cases, there is a large gap between the Leningrad region and St. Petersburg: the region occupied the 75th and 83rd places, respectively. The Ministry of Natural Resources is also its rating. In it, St. Petersburg in 2016 fell into the “catching up” group (the middle group between the leaders and lagging cities and the approx. “Papers”), taking 26th place. The website of the Ministry of Natural Resources says that the cities were evaluated according to 56 criteria, including the number of water consumed by the population and the cost of environmental protection. At the same time, according to the head of energy programs, Greenperap Vasily Yablokov, environmental ratings are non -presented.Alexander Karpov points out that the compilers of ratings regularly conduct incorrect calculations, trying to calculate the average indicator and using incorrect mathematical formulas. He explains that all cities are illogical to check according to the same criteria.