Study of the State of Water Bodies Located within  Kharkiv City (Ukraine)

¹ Department of Occupational, Technogenic and Environmental Safety, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, Chernishevska Street, 94, Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine

² Centre for Scientific Research, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine Chernyshevska Street, 94, Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine

³ Scientific Department on Problems of Civil Defence, Technogenic and Ecological Safety, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, Chernishevska Street, 94, Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine

⁴ Department of Extramural and Distant Training of Civil Defense, National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine, Chernyshevska Street, 94, Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine

⁵ Institute of Public Administration of Ukraine, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University Volodymyrska Street, 60, Kyiv, 01033, Ukraine

AJWEP 2020, 17(2), 15–21; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW200015

Submitted: 21 April 2019 | Revised: 6 September 2019 | Accepted: 6 September 2019 | Published: 7 May 2020

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Abstract

The state of the water bodies located within the city has been analyzed in the paper. The factors influencing the physicochemical and microbiological composition of the urban surface water bodies have been considered. An experimental study of the state of the surface water bodies located within the large industrialized city of Kharkiv (Ukraine) has been carried out. The water of five reservoirs located within the city (Lake Komsomolskoe, Lake Ocheret, Pavlovskiy reservoir, Pond No. 1 in the gorge Hlybokiy Yar, Petrenkiv reservoir) and two reservoirs located outside the city (Lake Glubokoe No. 1 and Lake Glubokoe No. 2) have been analysed in terms of conductivity and mineralization. It has been found that for the urban water bodies, these parameters, in general, have higher values compared to the water bodies located in the recreational zone outside the city. The water of Petrenkiv reservoir and Lake Komsomolskoe is characterized by the highest values of conductivity and mineralization, while Lake Komsomolskoe and Pavlovskiy reservoir, due to the supply peculiarities, are most vulnerable to the influence of the external factors. The average values of conductivity for the studied reservoirs of Kharkiv are 590-910 µS/cm, for Lakes Glubokoe No. 1 and Glubokoe No. 2 they are equal to 500 μS/cm. The typical average mineralization values for the studied urban reservoirs are 400-670 mg/l, and for Lakes Glubokoe No. 1 and Glubokoe No. 2 are 345 mg/l. The error of values in all cases does not exceed 2%.

Keywords

Water bodies

anthropogenic load

electrical conductivity

mineralization

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The authors declare they have no competing interests.

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