ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF IMPLEMENTATION REGIONAL ASPECTS OF THE PRIORITY PROJECT "HEALTH OF THE VOLGA" IN NIZHNY NOVGOROD REGION
The main factors that negatively affect the ecological state of the Volga are studied: the discharge of untreated wastewater and the influence of dams, the measures of the project «Preservation and Prevention of Pollution of the Volga River in the Nizhny Novgorod Region» are analyzed, and the possible risks and problem points that may arise when project implementation. To preserve and improve the environmentally favorable situation on the Volga River, it is planned to reduce the anthropogenic load on them from the discharge of waste water of substandard quality. In accordance with the draft project passport, this indicator for the Nizhny Novgorod Region is planned to be reduced from 0,35 km3 / year to 0.12 km3 / year. Currently, the regional passport includes 88 projects for the construction, modernization and reconstruction of treatment facilities - housing and communal services in more than 30 municipalities. However, due to the lack of a developed mechanism of state support for the implementation of investment projects, the rules for the provision of financial support from the federal budget and many other problematic issues, a delay in the implementation of measures to improve the Volga River is possible. In addition, it is proposed to liquidate (recultivate) the object of past environmental harm - the territory of the Burnakovskaya lowland of Nizhny Novgorod, which is a source of diffuse pollution of the Volga River, contaminated as a result of past economic activities for the storage, processing of oil products and oil sludge. From this territory, oil products are regularly transported to the Volga River. The solution of this issue was not included in the action plan of the priority project «Preservation and Prevention of Volga River Pollution». Also, the source of funding for the event on the elimination of the accumulated harm object in the territory of the Burnakovskaya lowland is currently not defined.