We were lucky, - the day was turned out to be sunny and not very windy, so be on the deck of our little insulating was one pleasure. Together with the team, I intently inspect the shore, whom we sailed.
- Our tasks include not only the quality control of river water on biogenic and technogenic pollutants, but also an inspection of the coastline - explained to me Head of the Eclaboratory operating on the ship, Konstantin Sabbatovsky. "So we found the cars several times that were grieved, and then recessed. From sushi they do not notice. Very often from the water, we noticed those violators who wash their cars in the Moscow River, polluting its water with petroleum products, pavami, other harmful substances. Or those who are a litter, breaks the trees, breed fires - in general, in Barbarusa drawn with those small pieces of wildlife, which still remained along the river within the city.
- And how do you contact violators - put on your ship, you carry the police?
- No, we take pictures of these violations and report on the environmental militia. Unfortunately, the exoculture of our citizens is at a very low level.
Konstantin shows me a lot of photos of half-tired cars, barbaric picnics, how citizens wash their "iron horses". At this time, we swim by the Kremlin Cathedrals shining in the sun. On the embankment endless traffic jam.
- How much cars worsen the ecology of the river? - I'm interested in specialists.
- Especially strong water is polluted by petroleum products during heavy rains and in an hour or two after that, - explain to me. - Divorces can be seen, stains on the water. Of course, I would recommend swimming only in the north - in Silver Bor, in the Krylatsky district.
We go down to the laboratory where dozens of devices are constantly working, different curves are displayed on the monitor screen, which can be judged by the state of water, and in a large box on the floor are ordinary 1,5-liter plastic bottles. It is in them that the tests for the analysis of water and soil are selected. The presence of 35 different elements in water, its acidity, electrical conductivity is determined. The table lies the map in which the spanings of fish are indicated.
- Is there still fish in the Moscow River? - I doubt I consider a lot of points that marked spawning places.
- Surprisingly, but there is a lot. In the city, there are perch, pike perch, pike, bream, roach, crucian. They say, in the Chira in the area of the Automobile Plant, even bream weighing 6 kg was caught. And it's amazing than the dirtier of the river's influx, the more fish in it. And recently, we have recently appeared. Although it is believed that they can live only in pure water, but in our city they have adapted to the most polluted tributaries of the Moscow River - to Jauze and Chira.
- Well, and there is such a fish? In general, as water quality in the Moscow River?
- Recently, the quality of the river water has become better in phenols, formaldehydam, non-ferrous metals, and this is due to the fact that large industrial enterprises are derived from the city, "the ecologist says. - True, seasonal fluctuations in the number of iron and manganese in the Moscow River are observed: there are many in bottom sediments, and when the flood, the bottom draws up, and the soldiers of manganese are in the water. It must be said that drinking water with an excess of this element leads to nervous disorders up to lethargic sleep. For other contaminants, the situation in different parts of the capital is very heterogeneous. Most of all problems in the south of Moscow. They are connected with the Guryanovsk Aeration Station. There it happens, the amount of biogenic pollution exceeds all permissible norms. And in order for the fish to normally live and spawned, for example, the number of nitrites in water should be 40 less, and ammonium - 4 times, which we fix there. Although such water is suitable for economic purposes, fish caught in those places, I would not advise you to eat.
From the tributaries of the Moscow River, according to the ecomonitoring, the most dirty is the bench river in the barrack area. This is connected with a snowmobile station located in those edges.
... I look at the shore and suddenly I notice that a dog appears in the hole of the storm flow of water. As never happened thoughtfully looks at us, then unfolds and disappears in the dark narrow troop pipe. We S. Captain Oleg Karpov Surprise surprised: how could she find out there? Yes, apparently, she feels there as at home.
- This is something, - Konstantin Sabbatovsky smiles. - In the area of the southern river port, even foxes, beavers live. Beavers and several families, they built their dams, they prepared for winter. In the summer, life boils around them, ships, barges pass, they do not pay special attention. And when you swim close to them, then they are angry, the tail on the water beaten - scare.
The latter in this navigation season, the 72nd Eopatrul flight comes to an end. The water is already cold and dirty, therefore, on the shores of the Moscow River, the violators, detergents or laying fires, we did not find. It would be good that they were as small as possible in the future. But not because of bad weather, but because we will be more careful to treat our beauty river.