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5.3.4. 180490 Zhitomyr Water Utility
In 1999, the total volume of effluent discharged by the Zhitomyr Water Utility was 23,610,000 m3 per year. Of that, 222,000 m3 was discharged without any treatment. The 1999 quantities of individual contaminants that entered the Teteriv River with effluent discharges from Zhitomyr Water Utility are as follows: BODt (1,479 tonnes); oil products (2.3 tonnes); suspended substances (1,501 tonnes); dry residue (4,789 tonnes); sulphates (313 tonnes); chlorides (1,106 tonnes); ammonium nitrogen (223 tonnes); nitrates (332 tonnes); surfactants (12.19 tonnes); zinc (0.281 tonne); and nickel (0.46 tonne).
In 2000, the Zhitomyr Water Utility discharged 18,830,000 m3 of wastewater, including 39,000 m3 of untreated effluents per year. In 2000, the following contaminants entered the Teteriv River with effluent discharges from Zhitomyr Water Utility: BODt (1,043 tonnes); oil products (2.93 tonnes); suspended substances (1,074 tonnes); dry residue (3,663 tonnes); sulphates (180 tonnes); chlorides (894 tonnes); ammonium nitrogen (152 tonnes); nitrates (287 tonnes); surfactants (4.01 tonnes); and nickel (0.33 tonne).
The estimated contribution of the Zhitomyr Water Utility to the total volume of effluent discharges in the Dnipro Basin is 0.32%.
The following major contaminants are considered to contribute most significantly to the total pollution load entering the surface waters: ammonium nitrogen, BOD, oil products, surfactants, and nitrates.
