The key facts

  • The second pumping unit at the main sewage pumping station in Mineralnye Vody was launched on October 13
  • Governor Vladimir Vladimirov promised the smell problem would be resolved within a week
  • The station serves the Mineralovodsky district, Zheleznovodsk, and three settlements of the Predgorny district
In Mineralnye Vody, the problem with the unpleasant smell is promised to be resolved within a week

MOSCOW. October 14. INTERFAX.RU - Repairs at the main sewage pumping station in Mineralnye Vody have been completed, and the problem with the unpleasant smell in the city will soon be resolved, the head of Stavropol Region Vladimir Vladimirov said during a live call-in show.

"For several years we have been working on the (repairs - IF) of the pumping station; it was launched yesterday. Within a week, the smell problem in Mineralnye Vody will be resolved," he said.

The press service of Stavropolkrai Vodokanal reports that on October 13, the second pumping unit at the main sewage pumping station was launched in Mineralnye Vody. This will create a power reserve, which will reduce the load on the city's sewage network and improve the environmental situation in the Caucasus Mineralnye Vody region.

The station in Mineralnye Vody receives wastewater from the Mineralovodsky district, Zheleznovodsk, and three settlements of the Predgorny district, Stavropolkrai Vodokanal specified.