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5.3.9. 650234 Kherson Water Utility
In 1999, the total volume of effluent discharged from Kherson Water Utility was 31,040,000 m3 per year. Of that, 10,000 m3 received no treatment. Over 1999, the following quantities of individual contaminants entered the Dnipro River with effluent discharges from Kherson Water Utility: BODt (299 tonnes); oil products (0.503 tonnes); suspended substances (357 tonnes); dry residue (33,490 tonnes); sulphates (7,045 tonnes); chlorides (9,190 tonnes); ammonium nitrogen (3 tonnes); nitrates (906 tonnes); surfactants (2.11 tonnes); iron (1.556 tonne); and copper (0.031 tonne).
In 2000, the Kherson Water Utility discharged 26,620,000 m3 of wastewater. In 2000, the quantities of individual contaminants received by the Dnipro River with effluent discharges from the Kherson Water Utility are as follows: BODt (268 tonnes); oil products (0.04 tonne); suspended substances (264 tonnes); dry residue (27,930 tonnes); sulphates (6,145 tonnes); chlorides (7,730 tonnes); ammonium nitrogen (2 tonnes); nitrates (722 tonnes); surfactants (1.244 tonne); and iron (1.517 tonne).
The Kherson Water Utility accounts for 0.46% of the total volume of effluent discharges in the Dnipro Basin.
Priority contaminants, contained in effluent discharges from the Kherson Water Utility and contributing significantly to surface water pollution in the Dnipro Basin, are BOD, nitrates, sulphates, chlorides, and surfactants.
