Waste water — latest ecology news

Photo – Starting from 2024, the ecotax rates for water pollution will increase in Ukraine
Starting from 2024, the ecotax rates for water pollution will increase in Ukraine

In 2023, the ecotax rate reached 60 percent of the established rates

Photo – A pipe was led into the estuary for draining sewage from the farm near Odesa
A pipe was led into the estuary for draining sewage from the farm near Odesa

The case materials were handed over to the law enforcement officers for inclusion in the criminal proceedings

Photo – The occupiers turned the Salgyr River into a sewage ditch in Crimea
The occupiers turned the Salgyr River into a sewage ditch in Crimea

Local residents periodically feel the smell of "dust", i.e. DDT insecticide, near Salgyr

Photo – The director of a meat processing plant will be tried for dumping waste in a forest strip in Volyn
The director of a meat processing plant will be tried for dumping waste in a forest strip in Volyn

Such pollution poses a danger to human life and health, as well as to the environment

Photo – Colossal pollution was discovered in the rivers of the Danube basin
Colossal pollution was discovered in the rivers of the Danube basin

An 8-fold increase in biochemical oxygen consumption was found in the Kuchurgan River

Photo – A powerful leachate cleaning system will be installed at the Khmelnytskyi landfill
A powerful leachate cleaning system will be installed at the Khmelnytskyi landfill

The cost of the project reaches €2.5 million

Photo – Sewage flows into the river from an emergency pipe in Zhytomyr. Video
Sewage flows into the river from an emergency pipe in Zhytomyr. Video

Some of the holes on the pipe were previously closed with wooden chops

Photo – A village in the Lviv Region sarted building a modern wastewater treatment system
A village in the Lviv Region sarted building a modern wastewater treatment system

The treatment facilities should be built by the end of 2025

Photo – The utility company voluntarily paid millions of UAH for environmental damage in Brovary
The utility company voluntarily paid millions of UAH for environmental damage in Brovary

In April 2021, "Brovaryteplovodoenergia" compensated 684 thousand hryvnias for land pollution

Photo – The Cabinet of Ministers submitted a draft law "On administrative responsibility for violations in water drainage"
The Cabinet of Ministers submitted a draft law "On administrative responsibility for violations in water drainage"

The document provides for the addition of 2 articles to the Administrative Code

Photo – Sewage flows into the Psel River and the reservoir in Sumy region
Sewage flows into the Psel River and the reservoir in Sumy region

If sewage discharge is not stopped, the river may disappear