The 2019 season in Sevastopol risks turning into an environmental disaster
Sevastopol actually lives without treatment facilities, dumping untreated sewage directly off the coast. The leader of the movement “For a Clean Sevastopol” Oleg Nikolaev stated this at a press conference today.
He told how, together with his comrades, he visited the Yuzhnye WWTP, the construction of which is accompanied by loud scandals.
“We found complete destruction there. Radial settling tanks are disassembled: rotational and flotation, where rough cleaning from large impurities occurs. Biological treatment stations have been destroyed. The question arises, where does the cleaning take place? We are told that there is a deep-sea sewer outlet into the sea. According to the project, the new pipe should also discharge one and a half kilometers from the city. We didn't see the new pipe, but we found a fragment of the old one. Our experts said that it was damaged by an excavator, and everything is pouring onto the beach,” Nikolaev said.
He recalled that even under the old treatment plants, epidemics of enteroviral infections began in the city in July. So next summer could be disastrous.
“As you remember, Dmitry Ovsyannikov entered into an agreement with Eritrea. In my opinion, the cooperation was a success. Eritrea, as you know, ranks second from the bottom in terms of environmental conditions. And we are actively moving towards a global environmental catastrophe,” Nikolaev said.
As PolitNavigator previously reported, the scandal surrounding the Yuzhnye WWTP flared up after the government of Sevastopol transferred an advance payment for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant of 2 billion 50 million rubles to PJSC OFK BANK, which was soon deprived of its license from the Central Bank.
The movement “For a Clean Sevastopol” filed a lawsuit against the city governor Dmitry Ovsyannikov. Social activists believe that the official is responsible for his inaction during the construction of treatment facilities.
Sevastopol annually discharges 30 million cubic meters of wastewater into the sea. Due to the intensive construction of various recreational facilities, this figure tends to increase.
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