“The situation has stabilized, the valve of the emergency outlet of the “Kretinga vandenų” wastewater treatment plant was closed yesterday at 5:30 p.m. and sealed. According to preliminary data, about 6,400 m3 of untreated sewage could flow out. Today, the situation at the wastewater treatment plant is good – the treatment plant receives and cleans the wastewater,” the Department of Environmental Protection announced in a statement released on Thursday.
According to him, the officers continue their work in Kretinga.
Specialists of the Environmental Protection Agency were also present at the opening of the emergency sewage outlet on Wednesday, who immediately took samples of the sewage that escaped into the environment to assess the contamination. After determining biochemical and chemical oxygen consumption, suspended matter, nitrogen and its compounds, phosphorus and its compounds, and oil product concentrations in the samples, it will be possible to assess the effects.
The automatic scoop of the Kretingas city sewage treatment plant of Kretingas vandenys company was also sealed, from which on Thursday the specialists of the Environmental Protection Agency took a daily composite sample to assess the pollution of the wastewater discharged by the treatment plant. The results of the tests of the samples taken are currently awaited.
As announced, after receiving the results of the water quality tests taken on Thursday at the mouths of the Tenže River at the Kretinga and Danė Rivers, it will be possible to decide on the impact of the event on the environment.
As floods have been rising in Western Lithuania in recent days, the situation in Minia continues to be monitored – at night the water level at Kartena exceeded the natural level and reached almost 531 centimeters. In total, the water level in Minia rose by more than 50 centimeters during the day.
The water level in Akmena near Kretinga subsided on Thursday and reached 401 centimeters, on Wednesday it exceeded the natural level and reached about 423 centimeters.
The water of the connecting rivers reached Klaipėda, the water exceeded the natural limit in Dane. According to Lina Žygaitė-Giedrienė, a hydrologist of the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service, on Thursday evening the water level in the Danė River rose further and reached 295 centimeters, when the natural limit is 280 centimeters, and in total, the water level at Klaipėda rose by more than a meter during the day. According to hydrologists, the water should flow into the Curonian Lagoon and the water level will gradually fall.
Firefighters say that after not receiving calls for help in Klaipėda on Thursday, they went to Kretinga to pump out water from the basement of an apartment building.
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2024-08-27 07:56:01
