No hazardous substances exceeded in Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast

No exceedance of the maximum permissible concentrations of pollutants was recorded in the Dnipro River in the Kherson region.

The Kherson Regional Environmental Agency reported, according to Ukrinform.

"In the Dnipro, the maximum permissible concentration of substances has not been exceeded. We are talking about the standards for meeting the economic and household needs of the population," the report says.

As emphasized, no oil products were found in the samples taken on July 10. Dissolved oxygen is 5.60 mg/dm3, while the norm is not less than 4.00 mg/dm3. However, there is a 1.7-fold excess of biochemical oxygen consumption.

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