 The Krasnoyarsk Territory is not ready for the forthcoming beach season. The main reason is that 90% of the beaches do not belong to the state-owned institutions which could follow their state. It was announced at the meeting of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Emergency Commission, which was devoted to emergencies and water safety in the region in summer 2008. The meeting was held by Krasnoyarsk Deputy Governor Yuri Konovalov. The meeting was also attended by: Andrei Gnezdilov, Krasnoyarsk Deputy Governor, Sergey Berunov, the head of the Regional Agency for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Fire Safety, representatives of Rospotrebnadzor and other experts.
It became known at the meeting that 11 beaches of 118 are state-owned and have official statuses of recreation areas. They are run by a legal entity which ensures cleaning, disinfection and other procedures required. However, most of the beaches are wild. Nobody keeps order and can ensure safety of citizens bathing there. As a result, numerous violations arise there: dirty water and soil, lack of disinfected toilets and other violations of sanitary norms.
Rospotrebnadzor carries out regular checkups of such areas. However, beaches working and violating the sanitary regulations cannot be closed, under the law. Rospotrebnadzor warns the owners of the beaches and orders to eliminate the violations. In addition, the agency has the right to send a document to the Magistrate Court, which can order to close the activity of the beach. Local authorities must be involved in this work too. They must hold special checkups in such places.
This year the state of regional beaches will be controlled more thoroughly. "If there are any violations, we should take care that the beach area should be closed immediately. We are not going to warn anybody several times," Yuri Konovalov stated.
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