Measures to reduce the impact of anti-icing agents on the environment and on the work of wastewater treatment facilities

• Main Authors: Voronov Yuriy Viktorovich, Gogina Elena Sergeevna, Deryusheva Nadezhda Leonidovna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU) 2014-09-01
• Series: Vestnik MGSU
• Subjects: urban ecology; statistic values; waste water treatment facilities; snow melting facilities; impact assessment; excess agents; snow mass; environment
• Online Access: http://vestnikmgsu.ru/files/archive/issues/2014/8/ru/11.pdf

This article analyses the impact of the excess of chemical agents in the snow on the environment and on the working waste water treatment facilities. The article presents some suggestions for improvement of regulatory requirements concerning design engineering of snow melting facilities in the water disposal system. This suggestion was substantiated to assess snow as waste disposed from road surface, and to register snow mass delivered to snow melting facilities in equivalent units. It is assumed that snow melting stations are facilities designed for waste treatment, and this is why the project documentation for construction of these facilities has to undergo a state expertise for Environmental Impact Assessment. Completed studies provide estimates of the receipted snow, its pollution, etc. But at the same time these studies serve as the basis for approving the necessity of developing a unified system for monitoring the city's snow-melting plants to ensure the reliability.