In accordance with the monitoring plan, water samples were taken from the Luga River both upstream and downstream of the Phosphorit facility. Additionally, Atkins began the assessment of the treatment system adjacent to the production facility. The first results of this assement are expected in early 2014.
As a reminder, in June 2012, EuroChem , Russia’s largest mineral fertilizers producer, and the John Nurminen Foundation, a private Finnish foundation specialized in Baltic Sea protection, agreed to jointly appoint an independent organization to assess the effectiveness and sustainability of the surface water run-off treatment system which was constructed at the Phosphorit factory in 2012. Comprised of dams, storage ponds, a pumping station and a treatment facility, the system was constructed to purify phosphorus containing surface water run-off originating in the area adjacent to the production facility. In addition to assessing the treatment system, Atkins will monitor phosphorus concentrations in the Luga River upstream and downstream of the factory for one year, and calculate riverine phosphorus loads to the Baltic Sea.
Atkins was selected on the basis of its global references in industrial waste water management and surface water monitoring and assessment. EuroChem and the John Nurminen Foundation have agreed jointly on the contents of the consultancy assignment and will monitor the project completion together. EuroChem finances the auditing work.
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