Geoecological Assessment of Water Quality in Recreational Water Use Sites of the Population in the Voronezh Region

Authors

  • Oleg V. Klepikov Voronezh State University, Military Educational and Scientifi c Center «Air Force Academy» named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin
  • Igor I. Mekhantyev Voronezh State University, Directorate of Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare for the Voronezh Region
  • Alexander B. Shukelayt Directorate of Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare for the Voronezh Region
  • Pavel M. Vinogradov Voronezh State University image/svg+xml
  • Alexey N. Larionov Military Educational and Scientifi c Center «Air Force Academy» named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0105-0715 (unauthenticated)
  • Dmitry V. Gotsev Military Educational and Scientifi c Center «Air Force Academy» named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0100-4762 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17308/geo/1609-0683/2025/4/132-138

Keywords:

water recreation areas, water quality, Voronezh Region, geoecological assessment

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to summarize and analyze the results of laboratory control of water quality in water bodies in places of recreational water use in the Voronezh Region during the summer bathing season of 2025; to identify places where water quality poses a danger to public health. Materials and methods. Object of research: water in water bodies in 57 places of recreational water use. Subject of the study: water quality according to sanitary-chemical, microbiological, parasitological and virological indicators. Total volume of the study: 1,425 water samples. Water quality studies were conducted at the testing laboratory center of the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Voronezh Region. Results. It was found that of the total volume of water samples for the determination of sanitary and chemical param eters (513 samples), 75 (14,6 %) samples did not meet hygienic requirements in 3 places of recreational water use at 1 water body (chemical oxygen consumption), as well as organoleptic ones – odor, fl oating impurities. Of the 513 samples examined for microbiological parameters, 24 samples (4,7 %) did not meet the requirements in 4 water bodies out of 29 studied, in 8 places of recreational water use in terms of common coliform bacteria and E. Coli. Conclusions. Of the 29 water bodies, the Voronezh Reservoir, the Tikhaya Sosna, Fedorovka, and Chernaya Kalitva rivers are the most unfavorable according to the totality of the estimated indicators in the summer season.

Author Biographies

  • Oleg V. Klepikov, Voronezh State University, Military Educational and Scientifi c Center «Air Force Academy» named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin

    Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor at the Department of Geoecology and Environmental Monitoring

  • Igor I. Mekhantyev, Voronezh State University, Directorate of Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare for the Voronezh Region

    Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Assoc. Prof. at the Department of Medical Disciplines

  • Alexander B. Shukelayt, Directorate of Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare for the Voronezh Region

    Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Head of the Department of Directorate of Federal Service

  • Pavel M. Vinogradov, Voronezh State University

    Cand. Sci. (Geogr.), Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geoecology and Environmental Monitoring

  • Alexey N. Larionov, Military Educational and Scientifi c Center «Air Force Academy» named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin

    Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Professor

  • Dmitry V. Gotsev, Military Educational and Scientifi c Center «Air Force Academy» named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin

    Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Assoc. Prof.

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Published

2025-11-25

How to Cite

Geoecological Assessment of Water Quality in Recreational Water Use Sites of the Population in the Voronezh Region. (2025). Proceedings of Voronezh State University. Series: Geography. Geoecology, 4, 132-138. https://doi.org/10.17308/geo/1609-0683/2025/4/132-138