In the Sumy region, an unauthorized discharge of sewage into the Psel River and the Kosivshchyna Reservoir was discovered, which could lead to an ecological disaster.
Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Volodymyr Artyukh, set a task for a number of structural divisions and services to identify and eliminate all sources of water pollution, reports the press service of the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
It is noted that Artyukh personally inspected the places of unauthorized dumping of sewage in Psel and the Kosivshchyna Reservoir.
"If we don't stop dumping sewage now, then very soon we will lose the river forever. Another object that has been suffering from pollution for many years in a row is the Kosivshchyna Reservoir," he said.
Artyukh emphasized that it is necessary to identify all possible sources of water pollution, eliminate them and bring the culprits to justice. After that, it is necessary to start cleaning water bodies and beautification of coastal areas. This is the only way to avoid an environmental disaster.
He noted that another problem that causes significant damage to water bodies is the construction and plowing of coastal protective strips.
"What I saw when sewage flows directly into the reservoir is a crime. There are two aspects of solving the problem – ecological and legislative. We have started work on both," said Artyukh after a meeting with representatives of a public organization that has been taking care of the environmental problems of the Kosivshchyna Reservoir for years and the leadership of the Stepaniv community.
According to him, appropriate instructions have been given to the head of the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy. The community will also cooperate with the environmental inspection and law enforcement agencies.
"The ecology of the Sumy Oblast will suffer irreparable losses as a result of military operations, but it should not suffer from human negligence," Artyukh emphasized.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that the Psel River was polluted with pig feces, because of which a mass plague of fish occurred in a section of about 35 km, and the trees on the banks began to dry up.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, in Transcarpathia, in the resort town of Solotvino, water treatment facilities are in critical condition, overloaded and work inefficiently, as a result of which untreated sewage pollutes the Khustets River, a tributary of the cross-border Tysa.
