The surface fresh waters of the Murmansk region turned out to be one of the most polluted in Russia, said Roshydromet in its review on environmental pollution in the Russian Federation.
In total, high and extremely high water pollution was recorded in 53 regions of the country. The largest total number of pollution cases (over 100) was observed at water bodies in six regions: Sverdlovsk, Smolensk, Murmansk, Moscow and Novosibirsk regions, as well as the Krasnoyarsk Territory, which together accounted for 60% of cases of high and extremely high pollution in the country, b-port.com writes.
Compounds of nickel, iron, copper, manganese, molybdenum, mercury, and aluminum have been preserved as characteristic pollutants of the waters of small rivers of the Kola Peninsula for many years. The water quality of the small rivers Hauki-lampi-joki, Kolos-joki, Nyuduai, Belaya, Mozhel, Kovdora, Sergevan and Bolshoy Vudyavr Lakes is most negatively affected by wastewater from mining, processing and metallurgical industries. The water in these rivers has remained at the "dirty" level for many years.
"The pollution of the water of small rivers of the Kola Peninsula, which are constantly under pressure from wastewater from industrial enterprises, household and communal services with a low ability to self-clean in the Arctic, has been chronic for several decades," the report says.
Alex Shishlo, Chief Editor of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
