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The German company will build the plant in the Vilnius district, on the territory of the former Pagiriai greenhouses, it is planned to invest about 100 million LTL in it. and create more than 400 jobs. However, its construction is opposed to the local community, which has sent letters to both the Seimas and the government.
Vytautas Vyskupaitis, a representative of the Pagiriai community, says that the unexpected and unknown reduction in the protection zone of the Pagiriai well field caused the most questions from residents. This is what gave the green light to the construction of a plant that would use hazardous substances.
Part of the area where construction is planned has entered the well protection zone, where polluting activities would not be allowed. Previously, it was this well that was designated as the groundwater reserve source for drinking water, which could meet about 50 percent of needs. Vilnius City Drinking Water Demand.
Lrt.lt claims that the construction of the plant in the reserve well protection zone helped to legalize the active shares of Invest in Lithuania. They aimed to reduce the well.
In 2018, the Ministry of the Environment declared that planned activities in Pagiriai village are subject to restrictions due to hazardous substances and that various solvents, phenols, pesticides, arsenic, boron and other chemicals are used in the production of panels. wood.
“All these substances are not only chemical, but also dangerous. Whether the use of these substances can affect the quality of groundwater resources depends on the production process, that is, whether there is a possibility that these substances enter the environment. ”Wrote the Ministry of the Environment.
According to Vilniaus Vandenai, both the municipalities of the city and the districts were interested in the arrival of investments. At that time, Invest in Lithuania assured that the process of reducing the protection zone of the well was initiated by all “stakeholders”, including the Ministry of the Environment.
Andrius Ostrauskas, director of Homanit Lietuvos, says that noise and pollution models will be carried out during the environmental impact assessment. The company is committed to taking steps to control not only noise, but also odors and dust outside the factory.
According to him, residents should not be afraid of a reduced well. Calculations and evaluations have shown that the remaining wells would be sufficient to meet the needs of both the water reserve and the population and the state on a larger scale, even in the event of an incident at the Astrava nuclear power plant.
“Vilniaus vandenys”: the city would not be without water
The comment sent to the media after the publication “Vilniaus vandenų” clarifies that the Pagiriai well field is only one of the wells not found in the Neris river basin.
“Therefore, in the event of a disaster at the Astravo nuclear power plant, it could only be used as one of the alternative water sources. However, considering the technological parameters, the number of existing wells and the water extracted, this well is one of the small wells that the company operates. In total, the Vilniaus Vandenys company operates 34 wells in its service area.
The Astravas nuclear power plant was preparing for the Vilniaus Vandenys accident. Therefore, the city certainly would not run out of water, ”says Tadas Kazlauskas, Director of the Vilniaus Vandenai Production Service.
As indicated, the company has drawn up two plans in the event of an accident at the Astravo nuclear power plant: one in the event of a nuclear accident and radiation contamination from the Astravo nuclear power plant would reach us through the Neris river, and the other plan related to pollution if it came through the atmosphere. The purpose of the plans: to react promptly and take preventive actions, protecting and preserving the Vilnius water supply system from the possible effects of radiation contamination and ensuring the vital – partial provision of the service. Some of the preventive measures provided for in the plans have already been implemented, others are scheduled to be implemented in the coming years.
“We also emphasize that the redistribution of the protection zones in the Pagiriai well field does not have any impact on the quality or quantity of water extracted in the well field. Before making the decision to change the protection zones of the well field , a study of the knowledge and recalculation of the groundwater resources and the protection zone of the Pagiriai well field in Vilnius was carried out in 2019. It was carried out by UAB Vilniaus hydrogeologija.
The study evaluated how the water supply would work if the northern part of the well were reduced, but activities continued in the southern part. The southern zone was surveyed, which in technical parameters was evaluated as much more promising than the north, its main advantage is productivity: much more water can be extracted from it, so it was decided to focus the water supply activities on this part of the plot and redistributing instead the well field protection zone is reduced, but an additional plot for the well field is formed elsewhere.
After the redistribution of the protection zones, only the boundaries of the third protection zone changed only significantly. There are no water wells and the plant itself will not be built in any of the three well protection zones. Therefore, the main or strict regime protection zone of the well field is neither seen nor affected by the activities of the production plant located next to it.
The well protection zones are divided into three segments: The strict regime protection zone, in which any activity is restricted. Zone 2, where activities are partially restricted, p. Eg activities that involve the use / release of chemical products, etc. cannot be carried out. And in the 3rd protection zone, which is the largest, it is possible to operate with certain restrictions. The delimitation of zones and the control of their observance is the responsibility of the municipalities of the country. At the same time, we continuously monitor the wells, observing whether the quality of the groundwater is changing ”, explains T. Kazlauskas.
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