Problems of applying novations of the environmental legislation
in relation to the sanitation facilities of the SUE «Vodokanal of St. Petersburg»

Summary

The novations of Federal Laws of July 21, 2014 No. 219-FZ (as revised on July 26, 2019) «On Amendments to the Federal Law «On Environmental Protection» and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation and No. 225-FZ dated July 29, 2017 «On Amendments to the Federal Law «On Water Supply and Sanitation» and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation that came into force on January 1, 2019 are presented in relation to the system of transferring organizations that provide for wastewater disposal to the best available technologies. It is noted that all the main progressive novations in the transition of water utilities to the use of the best available technologies and related preferences should be applied to the facilities of public sanitation systems that have received the status of public sanitation systems of settlements and urban districts. Problems requiring solution that impede the transition of water utilities to the best available technologies are outlined.

Key words

discharge limitations , water object , best available technology , technological indicators , operating standards , standards for permissible impact on water bodies , public sanitation systems of settlements , public sanitation systems of urban districts , negative impact on the environment