FEATURES OF NORMATIVE ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY OF WATER BODIES FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to highlight modern approaches to the methods of normative assessment of water quality for recreational purposes in Ukraine. Water quality among a number of factors affecting the recreational use of a water body (geographic location, type of banks, availability of infrastructure, etc.) has the greatest dynamics. Its value under certain conditions can quickly outweigh all others. The analysis of publications shows that the studies of Ukrainian authors regarding the assessment of the water quality of water bodies for recreation purposes according to methodological approaches are divided into two directions – hygienic and ecological and geographical. It should be noted that hygienic is normative. Ecological-geographical approaches are important, but they are of a complementary nature. Regulatory methods, the use of which is a prerequisite for the development of projects for the use of surface water bodies of land for recreational water use or current assessments of the quality of their water, SSR 173-96 “State Sanitary Rules for Planning and Development of Settlements”. For sea waters, the “Rules for the protection of internal sea waters and the territorial sea of Ukraine from pollution and pollution” (2002) are applied. Monitoring of the laboratory service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on land-based water bodies showed that during the summer season of 2021 the overwhelming majority of samples taken in the places of organized beach recreation met the water quality standards: in terms of microbiological indicators – by 63.4-93.5%; by chemical indicators – by 52.5-91%. The main deviation in microbiological parameters in the samples is in the LPC index (lactose-positive E. coli). Monitoring of the medicinal products of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on sea beaches showed that during the summer season of 2021 the overwhelming majority of seawater samples complied with quality standards: in terms of microbiological indicators – by 85.5-99.1%; by chemical indicators – by 84.9-100%. The main deviation in microbiological parameters in the samples is in the LPC index (lactose-positive E. coli). Seawater in the beach area in 2021 had a slightly higher quality than water in the beach area of land-based water bodies in terms of both microbiological and chemical indicators. There was also a slight tendency for water quality to deteriorate in the middle of the summer season (July), which is associated with an increase in air and water temperatures and an increase in the number of tourists.