Strict control as a method of improving industrial effluent quality

Summary

The information on the activities of the water management service of Ekaterinburg Vodokanal that is supervising the quality of the effluents discharged by the industrial enterprises into the public sewer is presented. One of the economic tasks of the water management service is obtaining a financial source for paying off the expenses of the enterprise that are related to the violation of the regulations of effluent quality discharged into a water body. «Vodokanal» MUE is not generating pollution; however the enterprise is compelled by the law to bear the responsibility for the discharge of pollutants into the environment. Therefore charging the customers for exceeding the permissible pollutant concentrations is an important economic task that allows reducing the burden of environmental payments of the enterprise. Tackling this problem successively provided for the situation in Ekaterinburg when the customers ensure meeting the set regulations, take measures to reduce the amount of wastewater discharged into the public sewer (by introducing advanced technologies and industrial wastewater treatment systems), maintain in a worthy condition the on-site sewers.

Key words

water consumption , water disposal , water management inspectorate , wastewater amount reduction , sustainable use of water resources