11 kilometers of Anapa beaches have been cleaned with the help of technology

Special equipment has cleared 11 kilometers of Anapa beaches, work on a new section in the village of Blagoveshchenskaya will begin in one and a half to two weeks.

"Caucasian Knot" wrote that from July 25 to August 12, the authorities did not record new fuel oil emissions on the coast of Anapa, although volunteers during this period stated that emissions were continuing. On August 4, the volunteer headquarters confirmed that local emissions of oil products continue on the beaches of Taman, and pollution is visible on satellite images. Scientists from the Subtropical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences reportedthe normalization of the concentration of oil products near Vityazevo, but noted a change in the chemical composition of macroalgae and the impact of fuel oil on the mussel population.

Mechanized cleaning of beaches continues in Anapa, work is being carried out on the section from the beach "Venus" to the beach "Tartuga" with a length of 820 meters. In parallel, dismantling of the protective rampart is underway, including in front of the Anapa embankment, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory reported.

Eight units of special equipment are involved in the areas: PUMA-2200 sifting machines, rakes, a plow and an excavator-loader. – In the coming days, two more machines are expected to arrive to sift the rampart on the central beach – from “Lechebny” to the bridge in the area of the “Era” technopolis, Nikolai Zalivin, director of “Anapa Resorts” LLC, reported on August 15.

According to him, 11 kilometers of the coastline have been cleared. "Under favorable conditions, we expect the work to be completed in 1.5 to 2 weeks, after which we will begin cleaning up six areas in the village of Blagoveshchenskaya," he said.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait, which led to catastrophic environmental consequences. Details can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "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 thematic page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".