Discharge of pollutants with wastewater into water bodies in 2000–2023
Billions of cubic meters of wastewater and millions of tons of sulfates and chlorides enter the country's water bodies annually, as reflected in this data for the period from 2000 to 2023. The series are divided by pollutant type or total wastewater volume, making it easy to track the environmental load on water resources. This information allows for assessing the scale of discharges over time, covering all major indicators for the country as a whole on an annual basis
Dynamics of wastewater discharge volume and pollutant influx into water bodies from 2000 to 2023
See also
- Divorces in Russia by year long time series by year
- Marriages in Russia by year long time series by year
Set in numbers
The table is a snapshot — 8 series shown across 6 breakdowns. 40 values in total.
The largest value belongs to “nitrates2), thousand t” — 379; the smallest is “mercury 4), t” at 0.04. The gap between them is 9,483-fold.
All table numbers are series: 8
| Series | 2000 | 2010 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Объем сброса сточных вод, млрд м3 | 55,60 | 49,20 | 35,60 | 36,20 | 37,50 | — |
| сульфатов, млн т | 2,70 | 1,90 | 1,60 | 1,60 | 1,80 | — |
| хлоридов, млн т | 7,30 | 5,70 | 5,90 | 5,90 | 6,00 | — |
| нитратов2), тыс. т | 208,50 | 366,40 | 369,00 | 361,70 | 379,30 | — |
| жиров и масел3), тыс. т | 15,20 | 4,10 | 1,40 | 0,40 | 0,30 | — |
| фенола, т | 66,60 | 28,00 | 19,30 | 20,00 | 27,40 | — |
| свинца, т | 34,90 | 9,00 | 4,20 | 8,60 | 4,80 | — |
| ртути 4) , т | 0,16 | 0,02 | 0,02 | 0,01 | 0,04 | — |
How to read this table
Different indicators are grouped by rows so that you can separately assess the volume of wastewater in billions of cubic meters and the mass of sulfates or chlorides in millions of tons. Comparing these rows allows you to see how the total discharge volume has changed relative to specific chemical pollutants over twenty-four years. The data is presented from 2000 to 2023, providing an opportunity to track changes in the environmental situation over a sufficiently long time interval
What is visible in these numbers
The table is 83% filled: Rosstat does not publish every cell, and the gaps are left as they are rather than interpolated.
The same indicator in other breakdowns (1)
More in the section Russian Statistical Yearbook»
Period and application
Current data for 2000–2023 is updated by Rosstat as reporting is generated. The information will be useful to ecologists, water management researchers, and anyone studying the state of the country's natural resources. These figures can be used as official data when analyzing anthropogenic impact on hydrological objects and planning environmental protection measures at the federal level
1) По данным Росводресурсов; 2023 г. – с учетом информации по Донецкой Народной Республике, Луганской Народной Республике, Запорожской и Херсонской областям.
2) С 2010 г. – нитрат-анион (NO3).
3) C 2010 г. – жиры/масла (природного происхождения); с 2020 г. – жиры (природного происхождения) и масло талловое.
4) С 2020 г. – ртуть и её соединения.
1) According to data of the Federal Water Resources Agency; data for 2023 are provided taking into account information on the Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
2) Since 2010 – nitrate anion (NO3).
3) Since 2010 – fats / oils (natural origin); since 2020 – fats (natural origin) and tall oil.
4) Since 2020 – mercury and its compounds.
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