The authorities have decided to fill all of Anapa's beaches with imported sand.
By June 1, new sand will appear on all sandy beaches in Anapa, as the government commission for the fuel oil spill response has deemed this an effective solution. Water and soil samples from the pebble beaches meet standards, and they are being prepared for reopening, the governor of Kuban stated.
As reported by "Kavkazsky Uzel," the quality of the sand delivered to the Anapa beach is questionable; it is construction sand with clay admixtures, an ecologist pointed out, noting that this could cause long-term damage to the beaches. Users believe that the goal of reopening the beaches will be achieved, regardless of the environmental damage. Quarry sand will not solve the problem of fuel oil emissions, but will only temporarily conceal the pollution on Anapa's beaches, environmentalists and activists have pointed out.
Earlier, the owner of beaches in the village of Vityazevo began adding a new layer of sand from quarries to a test site. This restoration experiment could subsequently be extended to other beaches in the emergency zone. Ecologist Yevgeny Vitishko believes that such actions simply conceal the problem, but do not solve it. If samples of the new sand at Miracleon Beach are acceptable, Anapa authorities intend to refill all the city's beaches within three months.
An experiment in refilling sand at a test site in the village of Vityazevo in Anapa has proven effective. At a meeting of the Government Commission for the Elimination of the Consequences of the Oil Spill in the Black Sea, a decision was made to scale up this method, Kuban Governor Veniamin Kondratyev announced today.
"By June 1, we will be filling the remaining sandy beaches of Anapa that are in the emergency zone. Moreover, in accordance with the recommendation of Rospotrebnadzor, the thickness of the additional layer will be at least 50 centimeters. Our task is to prepare these areas for the start of the resort season, immediately after receiving a positive conclusion from Rospotrebnadzor," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Regarding the eight pebble beaches: according to Rospotrebnadzor, water and soil samples there meet all sanitary standards. We'll begin preparing them for opening soon, Kondratyev promised.
On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. A crew member from one of the tankers died as a result. In addition, an oil spill occurred, leading to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".
Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".
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