Vodokanal of St.Petersburg Treats 94% of Wastewater
OREANDA-NEWS. November 8, 2011. Vodokanal of St.Petersburg has finalized the following stage of the large-scale Untreated Wastewater Discharge Closure Program. This allows to carry out treatment of 94% of Saint-Petersburg’s wastewater already, resulting in reduction of environmental load on the
At the end of October one of Saint-Petersburg’s largest wastewater treatment plants, the Northern WWTP in the
It was at the Northern Wastewater Treatment Plant that the international project “Clean Baltic Sea” was finalized in June
At the same period of time Vodokanal of St.Petersburg eliminated five untreated wastewater discharges into the water basin of the River Neva, having connected them to the Northern Tunnel Collector. Following the Collector these wastewater flows in the amount of 30 thousand m3 per day are now transported to the Northern Wastewater Treatment Plant. Thus, the Neva and the
The closure of the seven small wastewater treatment facilities and connection of the five wastewater discharges to the Northern Tunnel Collector now allows Saint-Petersburg to treat 94% of its wastewater (93% in the beginning of 2011).
The finalization of the next stage of Untreated Wastewater Discharge Closure Program coincided with Vodokanal’s being awarded the prestigious diploma of a finalist of European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) competition. SUE “Vodokanal of St.Petersburg" is the first European water company to have become a finalist of EFQM award in the whole history of this award. Before this event in 2010 Vodokanal of St.Petersburg became the winner of the 6th International Tournament for Quality among Central and East European countries. Giving a high score to Vodokanal of St.Petersburg, representatives of the European Foundation for Quality Management also took into consideration Vodokanal’s activities aimed at improving the environmental situation of the
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