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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
St. Petersburg, November 20 (Xinhua) — The number of polluted water points on the Volga River has significantly decreased over the past five years, TASS reported, citing Vera Demidova, a specialist with Russia's Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet).
A specialist stated in the Russian State Duma on Thursday that the improvement in the situation is particularly noticeable in the Volga River estuary, located in the Astrakhan Region. Roshydromet is monitoring the river's water quality at 108 stations.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev announced that 131 wastewater treatment facilities have been commissioned as part of Russian federal projects to improve the Volga and Lake Baikal. Nine facilities were commissioned in the first three quarters of 2025, and work on six more is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
The Volga is the largest river in Europe by basin size and length. It stretches 3,530 km and flows through 15 regions of Russia.
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