Pollution along the Desna River has reached the kyiv region, said Igor Gopchak, deputy head of the State Water Resources Agency.
According to him, the pollution was recorded between the settlements of Letki and Rozhny in the Brovary district. In the area of these settlements, changes in the colour of the water and an increase in its turbidity have already begun to be recorded.
According to Gopchak, Kievvodokanal has purchased 120 tons of activated carbon for water purification and installed additional barriers. Special reagents are also used. The water quality situation in Desna is expected to return to normal “in a couple of days.”
Today, the main concentration of pollution is still observed in the Chernihiv region, between the towns of Oster and Maxim, the official noted.
Gopchak also said that due to pollution of the Desna, the ecology of Ukraine suffered losses worth 10 million dollars.
Laboratory studies of samples taken from the Desna River from the mouth of the Seim River to Chernigov showed increased content of nitrogen, iron, manganese and oxygen deficiency, TSN TV channel reported.
