scholarly journals The current state and dynamics of the water economy in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation on the territory of the White Sea basin

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
N.N. Filatov ◽  
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A.V. Litvinenko ◽  
M.S. Bogdanova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
White Sea ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
The White Sea ◽  
Water Economy ◽  
Water Users ◽  
The Russian Federation

Based on the analysis of statistical information, the authors consider the water economy development in three constituent entities of the Russian Federation that have the greatest impact on the ecosystem of the White Sea — the Republic of Karelia, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk regions — in conjunction with the socio-economic conditions for the development of the region. The authors estimate the current scale and dynamics of total water consumption and its components (industrial, communal, agricultural and fishery) for the period 2010—2017. They outline that the main water consumer remains the industry, with a minimal development of agriculture, and note that the development of the region is taking place against the background of a constant decrease in the population (by 28% over the period under review), which also determines a decrease in the volume of water consumption, both total (by 10%) and, especially, household water (by 37%). In addition, there is a constant decrease in the volume of agricultural water consumption. Surface water bodies are the main source of water resources. Groundwater accounts for only 8%. Seawater is also used to a small extent, and its share has dropped significantly in recent years. The provision of renewable water resources (river runoff) is high and exceeds the national average with a low utilization rate. Currently, the water bodies of the region are under heavy pressure from various industries, as well as water transport and other water users. The volume of wastewater disposal and the degree of purification during the period under review remains practically stable. However, about 35% of the total volume of wastewater discharged annually is contaminated and insufficiently treated, which determines the threat of serious risks to the freshwater and marine ecosystems of the region.

scholarly journals Boulder pits of the White Sea Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4-2021) ◽  
pp. 104-125
Author(s):  
M. M. Shakhnovitch ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Barents Sea ◽  
White Sea ◽  
The White Sea ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Finnish Lapland ◽  
The Barents Sea ◽  
The Russian Federation

The purpose of the article is to introduce into scientific circulation little-known and controversial objects made of stones discovered during our field surveys in 2019 on the Tersk Coast of the White Sea near the Khlebnaya River. The monument consists of 27 boulder structures of four types: ring-shaped layouts with a recess in the center –– boulder pits (24), “seid”, “pile”, a flat boulder with stones laid on it. Boulder pits within the borders of the Russian Federation are found in the coastal zone of the Western and Northern White Sea regions and the Barents Sea. The distribution of such objects is noted in Finnmark and Finnish Lapland and correlates with the area of historical settlement of local Sami groups. We tend to interpret the “boulder pits” as objects associated with non-Christian cult practices, possibly of a funerary nature.

scholarly journals Geological-geophysical models of the crust for the White Sea region

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 566-582
Author(s):  
N. V. Sharov ◽  
L. I. Bakunovich ◽  
B. Z. Belashev ◽  
V. A. Zhuravlev ◽  
M. Yu. Nilov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
White Sea ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
The White Sea ◽  
Profile Data ◽  
Geological Map ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
2D And 3D

The study of the White Sea region and the adjacent area aimed to model the structure of the crystalline portion of the crust at the contact of the northeastern slope of the Fennoscandian Shield and the Russian Plate. Modeling was based on geological, geophysical and DSS profile data, State Geological Map of the Russian Federation (scale 1:1 000 000), Explanatory Notes to Sheets Q-35, 36, 37, and 38 (third generation, 2009), and Tectonic Map of the White Sea and Adjacent Areas (2012). A model was constructed using GIS INTEGRO software (VNIIgeosystems), specifically its procedures for calculation and visualization of 2D and 3D models showing crust density and magnetic fields. The model of the study area shows the structure of the crust and the characteristics of its horizons.

scholarly journals State of Lake Water Resources in the Russian Arctic Zone

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Rumyantsev ◽  
A. V. Izmailova ◽  
L. N. Kryukov
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Ecological Status ◽  
Arctic Lakes ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
The Russian Federation

Regions of the Russian Federation classified among Arctic zone estimated to 22% of Russian territory. Arctic is characterized by the richest reserves of natural resources, and its phased, balanced development is the most important strategic task of Russia’s socioeconomic development. Production and household activities of the population of Russia living and working in the far North is associated with difficult climatic and geographical conditions. In this case, the constant cold and consumption of contaminated water can lead to aggravation of various human disease. The Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is characterized by the richness of water resources as rapidly renewable (river runoff and its underground component), and static one to which are assigned the waters of lakes, underground waters, waters (ice) of mountain and polar glaciers. A characteristic feature of water consumption in the Arctic regions is the active use of lake water, which in a number of settlements is the main source of drinking water supply. In this regard, the assessment of the lake’s fund of Arctic zone and its ecological status is extremely topical.According to the assessments, more than 2.5 million water bodies, that is a ~2/3 of all water bodies of the country, are decoded in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation on satellite images. Mainly, these are small water bodies, only about 975 thousand of them exceed 1 ha. The total area of the water surface of Arctic lakes is ~160 thousand km2 (slightly less than a half of the total water surface of all natural water bodies of the Russian Federation), and the total volume of water enclosed in them is ~760 km3.Even in the middle of the 20th century, the lakes of the Russian Arctic, with rare exceptions, were characterized by the highest quality of their waters, but by now the ecological status of many water bodies has deteriorated significantly. The vulnerability of Arctic lakes to pollution is enhanced both by virtue of the peculiarities of their orometry and by the simplicity of the biological communities of northern ecosystems characterized by a low degree of stability. The poor knowledge of Arctic water bodies does not allow taking the necessary preventive measures for their protection and rational use. In this connection, attention to the expansion of works on the integrated study of limnology of water bodies included in the lake fund of the Arctic zone should be paid.An estimation of water resources of lakes of the Arctic zone of Russia, their ecological status and the questions of etiology of diseases on the territories of the Far North are given in this article. The morbidity of the population of the Arctic regions of Russia today is much higher than the national average. Further development of the territory and the observed warming of the climate will lead to increasing pollution of freshwater resources with toxic substances, pathogenic microorganisms and viruses. This will exacerbate the issue of ensuring environmental safety and meeting the needs of the population in quality drinking water. The situation is further aggravated by the fact that the most affordable technologies for water treatment and wastewater treatment in conditions of low temperatures and high content of humic substances in the initial water cannot ensure the proper level of disinfection. In this regard, one of the topical issues is the creation of innovative technologies for water purification that are more adequate to the conditions of the Arctic zone of Russia.

scholarly journals National Approaches to the Normalization of Water Use at Enterprises of the Republic of Belarus and the Ways of their Improvement.

2021 ◽  
pp. 94-104
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Water Protection ◽  
Wastewater Disposal ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
The Republic

The article discusses methodological approaches to the development of norms, standards for water consumption and wastewater disposal, aimed at the rational use of water resources, as well as substantiates the need to develop a document that establishes the criteria and procedure for assessing the effectiveness of water protection activities in the use and protection of water resources for any enterprise in the Republic of Belarus. The directions for improving the legislation of the Republic of Belarus in terms of regulation of water use are proposed, taking into account the experience of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals Current Water/economic Balance of the Ural River on the Territory of the Russian Federation

2011 ◽  
pp. 4-20
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Russian Part ◽  
Current Water ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Economic Balance

The paper contains analysis of the water resources use current indicators for the Ural River basin. It quotes an assessment of the permissible and actual irrevocable water consumption in the Russian part of the basin. An assessment of magnitude of the runoff that is supplied to the Republic of Kazakhstan in comparison with natural and ecological runoff was made according to the outcomes of the developed water/economic balances.

scholarly journals PROBLEMS OF PARASITIC SAFETY EVALUATION OF WATER IN SOURCES USED BY POPULATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (31) ◽  
pp. 558-564
Author(s):  
K. Y. KUZNETSOVA ◽  
O. P. ZELYA ◽  
Z. V.; ZHNAKINA ◽  
T. R. MANIYA
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
State Monitoring ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Independent Expert ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Tract Infections

The importance of state monitoring of water bodies on parasitological indicators is actualized in the article. It was established that summary reports of federal enterprises involved in the state monitoring of water bodies are formed without taking into account natural parasitic systems and insufficient detection of local parasitological pollution. At the same time, the incidence rate in the Russian Federation regarding giardiasis due to the water transport factor has been consistently high for several years. Cryptosporidiosis among the population is not detected due to the use of insensitive methods of diagnosis. With such an unexplored state of factors affecting public health, the level of unidentified etiological causes of acute intestinal infections, upper respiratory tract infections, and community-acquired pneumonia remains high in the Russian Federation: 70% and 90%, respectively. The article presents data on parasitic contamination of water bodies in the catchment area of the Moskva River, obtained with an independent expert survey.

Environmental and Epidemiological Aspects of V. cholerae O1 Contamination of Water Bodies in the Republic of Kalmykia

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
EA Moskvitina ◽  
EG Yanovich ◽  
ML Kurilenko ◽  
VD Kruglikov ◽  
AK Noskov
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Wastewater Discharge ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The City ◽  
Chemical Water

Background: Within the framework of cholera surveillance in the Russian Federation, annual isolation of nontoxigenic V. cholerae O1 strains from water bodies is registered in the Republic of Kalmykia. This fact is the rationale for the present study and analysis of data on contamination of water bodies with V. cholerae O1 with account for some environmental and quality indicators of water bodies used for recreational purposes. Objective: To study contamination of water bodies with V. cholerae O1 as a component of cholera control surveillance in the Republic of Kalmykia. Materials and methods: We used notifications issued by Offices of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, passports for V. cholerae O1 strains, and information from “Cholera vibrios. Russia” database for 1991–2019. Results: In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, several outbreaks, sporadic and single imported cases of cholera were registered in the republic. The total of 446 strains of V. cholerae O1 El Tor were isolated during the analyzed period. The PCR analysis identified them as V. cholerae O1 ctxA–tcpA– and V. cholerae O1 ctxA– tcpA+. We observed an increasing trend in the number of isolated strains with the approximation coefficient of 0.374 against its general decrease in the country in 1991–2019. Strains were isolated annually, mainly from the Elista River, Zayachy Pond and other water bodies with poor microbiological and chemical water quality parameters. V. cholerae O1 ctxA– tcpA+ were isolated mainly at the wastewater discharge sites, which indicated their imported origin, along with V. cholerae O1 ctxA– tcpA– with InDel and PCR genotypes not previously found in this region. We consider the contamination of water bodies with V. cholerae O1 ctxA– tcpA– and V. cholerae O1 ctxA– tcpA+ as prerequisites for possible deterioration of the local epidemiological situation due to cholera importation from endemic areas. Conclusion: When analyzing the pollution of water bodies in the Republic of Kalmykia with V. cholerae O1, we established a long-term annual isolation of cholera vibrios from some water bodies in the city of Elista, including Elistinka river, Zayachy and Kolonsky ponds, notorious for poor microbiological and chemical water quality indicators. The contamination was mainly attributed to domestic wastewater discharge and poorly treated effluents of sewage treatment plants into the Elistinka river within the city boundaries, as well as watercourses from hollows. This proves the imported origin of the bacterium confirmed by isolation of V. cholerae O1 ctxA– tcpA– with InDel- and PCR-genotypes not previously found in this region.

MONITORING OF SURFACE WATER BODIES IN RUSSIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
V. S. Vuglinskii ◽  
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D. V. Vysotskii ◽  
T. I. Yakovleva ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Observation System ◽  
National Monitoring ◽  
Current Century ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Surface Water Bodies ◽  
Processing And Storage

The article gives a brief analysis of the development of the hydrological network in the Russian Federation in the last century and provides information on the phased modernization and technical re-equipment of the Hydrological Observation System at the beginning of the current century. At present, the national hydrological network, subordinated to Roshydromet, is the basis of the national monitoring system for surface water bodies in the Russian Federation. Within this system, a national technological complex named Hydrological Observation System, which ensures regular observations for the land surface water bodies, collection, processing and storage of information obtained as a result of observations and their provision to consumers.

scholarly journals A uniform spatial allocation strategy in solving water resources optimization dispatch problem

2018 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. 01057
Author(s):  
Jiahui Sun ◽  
Xiaohui Lei ◽  
Ji Liang ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Liang Men
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Spatial Scale ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Allocation Strategy ◽  
Spatial Allocation ◽  
Original Algorithm ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Water Resources Optimization

Along with social economy development, the total water consumption increased year by year. The conflicts between water supply and water consumption is growing. Water resources optimization dispatch, which is used to allocate water resources to meet the demand of water user on both time scale and spatial scale, plays an important role in water resources management. Aiming at improving the spatial allocation ability of traditional optimization algorithms, a uniform spatial allocation strategy is proposed accordingly. The proposed method is used to improve the performance of optimization algorithm to obtain solutions which can uniform the water supply in spatial scale. Simulation results show that the maximum ratio of water deficiency gained by the proposed method is smaller than that obtained by the original algorithm. The proposed method is effective to balance the demand of water users in spatial scale. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 10th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2018).

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