Fines for Russians for polluting water bodies will double

Fines for pollution of reservoirs with sewage and garbage for citizens will double. As Izvestia found out, the State Duma plans to consider the draft law of the Republic of Crimea in the first reading in September, it is supported by the government and the Accounting Chamber.

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Currently, the minimum penalty for individuals ranges from 500 rubles to 1 thousand rubles, and the maximum is from 1.5 to 2 thousand rubles. According to the authors of the bill, such a fine does not stop citizens who, according to the explanatory note to the bill, are the main violators.

"Anthropogenic factors affecting the quality of drinking water in the Republic of Crimea are, among other things, the discharge of sewage by citizens into water bodies used as sources of drinking and domestic water use," the document says.

As an example, it provides statistics from the Federal Water Resources Agency on the annual increase in the volume of such effluents. So, if in 2022 it was 36.18 billion m3, then in 2023 it was already 37.47 billion m3.

According to the authors of the bill, in Crimea, unauthorized discharge of sewage by citizens was recorded in Alushta, Yalta, Feodosia, Sudak, Simferopol, as well as in Simferopol, Bakhchisarai, Kirovsky and Nizhnegorsky districts. In addition to dirty drains, according to the developers of the initiative, violations have been identified that can lead to pollution, clogging with garbage and depletion of reservoirs.

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