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The National Water Directorate rated the contamination discovered on the Ráckeve-Danube over the weekend as the most serious oil contamination in the last fifty years. Water professionals work hard to ensure that the hazardous substance cannot contaminate the entire branch of the Danube. The police have launched an investigation.
The most serious oil pollution in the country in the last 50 years, the National Water Directorate (OVF) wrote on its community page on Tuesday about the contamination discovered in the Ráckeve-Danube on Saturday. OVF shared the entry of Balázs Szandófi, a film director, who published several images of the scene.
As the OVF wrote in its weekend announcement, on Saturday a public announcement was received by telephone from the Central Danube Valley Water Directorate (KDVVIZIG) that In Szigetszentmiklós, at the intersection of the Tebe line and the Rév line, traces of oil pollution can be seen at the outlet of the rainwater channel and in the reeds.The canal, managed by the municipality, flows into the Ráckeve (Soroksár) -Danube (RSD).
Following notification, a KDVVIZIG employee conducted an on-site inspection and found that
there are large amounts of dense hydrocarbon derivatives of dark color, which is present along the entire length of the canal, as well as in the vegetation of the coastal strip of the RSD, in an area of about 2,000 square meters, varying in thickness from 2 to 5 centimeters, they wrote in their statement of the end of week.
Vegetation must be removed
Hydrogen specialists located the hydrocarbon derivative with a density between motor oil and diesel, placed a special material to soak the oil, and used vacuum pumping devices. They began to pump oil from the surface of the water so that the dangerous substance could not contaminate the entire branch of the Danube.
As written for remediation contaminated aquatic plants should be disposed of, while its density does not allow to apply the oil impregnation material or guarantee the operation of the oil extraction machine.
In Tuesday’s post, OVF wrote that its staff will continue to work hard at the site. OVF has previously stated that The full technical intervention is expected to take 7-10 days.
The Central Danube Valley Water Authority has filed a complaint about the contamination and the police have launched an investigation into an unknown perpetrator. In his post, Balázs Szandófi also added that the offered trail guide fee is over 1 million HUF.
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