An important part of natural conditions
forming is water bodies, the main one is the
Dnipro river with Kyivskii and Kanivskii
reservoirs on it. Within Kyiv the Dnipro river
has small tributaries, they are Syrets,
Glybochitsa, Lybid. The Nivka river falls into
Irpen, that is the right Dnipro
tributary.
Within Kyiv, in addition to such a
considerable waterway as the Dnipro river, there
are 370 internal reservoirs and water currents.
On Kyiv territory there are 170 lakes and
ponds.
Use of these water bodies is various. It
is for recreation and for fish-breeding, for
decorative purpose and etc. Besides that, waters
of the Dnipro and Desna rivers and also artesian
waters are used for water supply, for consumer
and industrial needs of the town. One of the
main consequences of Kyiv social and economic
development is using of enormous water mass for
consumer and economic needs satisfaction. In
structure of Kyiv needs in water the consumer
sector and the industrial one are the almost
equal parts. A waste water disposal are realized
by 28 enterprises. 8 water users dispose of the
industrial sewages immediately into the Dnipro
river and other reservoirs. It is almost 95 % of
total volume of wastes waters. Other enterprises
dispose of polluted water to the municipal
sewerage (both with previous treatment and
without it), then goes to the treatment
facilities of the Bortnitska aeration station.
Water pollution takes place also during wastes
disposal filtration at the wastes
storages.
Radioactive, chemical and bacteriological
radiation is observed at water bodies. A lot of
water bodies do not have the suitable status.
Most water bodies have not water protection
littoral zones. As a result, for last ten years
water supply problems of Kyiv became aggravated
because of sharp water quality worsening at
water bodies.
That's why one of the most important
arrangements for water quality improvement is
building and modernization of treatment
facilities, repair of drainage collectors,
strict control over enterprises
disposals.