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First of all, the eyes of the residents of Kaunas turned to Marvelė, which is located near the old town, through which a weaker or stronger smell is always felt: there the sewage treatment plants of the city operate. Kaunas water treatment plant.
But lunch on Tuesday 15 minutes Darius Gražys, Technical Director of Kauno vandenys UAB, was assured that neither yesterday nor today there were reports of accidents in the sewer network or accidents at the Marvelė wastewater treatment plant.
Photo by Alius Koroliov / 15min / Waters of Kaunas
According to him, the sewage treatment plant has been in operation since 1998, but for the smell to reach the districts of Dainava, Žaliakalnis, Domeikava, it has never been.
“Today, environmental specialists carried out wastewater collection work and we did not receive any comments from them. We suspect this may be related to waste sorting or incineration plants.
In turn, all operational brigades inspect sewage pumping stations and networks. We have not found any flaws so far, we will continue to check, but we have not had any smell that spreads through Kaunas and its district ”, D. Gražys was surprised.
He guaranteed that the activities carried out by Kauno Vandenai are not the cause of these odors. According to the company representative, the prevailing wind direction today is northeast, so the possibility of Marvėlė smells reaching the city is impossible.
“I suggest contacting the cogeneration unit and ask what they burn, because the odors have reached very far,” said the technical director of Kauno Vandenai.
No information
On Tuesday, the Kaunas City Municipality was unable to say anything about the stench that flooded Kaunas.
Milda Milbutaitė, a public relations representative of the Environmental Protection Agency, directed it to the National Center for Public Health (NVSC), because smells are the responsibility of this institution.
“They are examining all the complaints related to this issue,” said M. Milbutaitė.
How 15 minutes reported Kristina Mikalauskienė, Chief Specialist of the Internal Administration Division of the NVSC Kaunas Department, the NVSC Kaunas Department has not received any complaints from residents regarding odor.
“We have no information about the origin of the smell,” he said.
Artūras Ketlerius, Public Relations Manager for Ignitis Group, which manages the Kaunas cogeneration plant 15 minutes assured that there were no disturbances or leaks at the plant. On the road near Kaunas, near Ramučiai, the power station does not seem to smell.
Kaunas district municipality photo / Kaunas cogeneration plant is located in Kaunas FEZ
According to him, since the north wind prevails, it is unlikely that the stench could reach the city center from the Kaunas MBA.
How 15 minutes According to the Department of Environmental Protection (AAD), on August 24, Kaunas Inspectorate officials carefully inspected the surrounding territories and businesses and have yet to identify the odors.
“We remind you that if you experience unpleasant odors, residents should contact the National Center for Public Health immediately, since odors are the responsibility of this institution,” reiterated the AAD.
The Department of the Environment has not yet identified where the odors are coming from.
15 minutes The request was also sent to the Kaunas Regional Waste Management Center (Kaunas RATC) operating on the outskirts of the city, which manages the Municipal Mechanical Biological Treatment of Waste (Kaunas MBA) facilities.
After receiving the reply, we will supplement the post.
Carry out repair work
It is true that on August 3, the Kaunas RATC internet portal announced that from August 3, repair work will be carried out at the Kaunas MBA processing facilities: biofilter load change and overhaul work will be carried out of scrubbers.
It was emphasized that during the works, one of the two lines of the Kaunas MBA air cleaning system is operating at full capacity and only clean air enters the environment.
Eriko Ovcharenko / 15min nuotr./Kauno MBA
“Mobile odor barriers are used to reduce the possible spread of unpleasant odors. The expected work period is about 3 weeks. Unforeseen work can prolong the biofilter load change and scrubber repair time. We apologize in advance for the possible instantaneous spread of unpleasant odors, ”reads the Kaunas RATC announcement to the public.
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