Sanitary-epidemiological condition of water-protection zones of the Tula city district

The analysis of water protection areas located within the Tula urban district. The rivers that flow through the urban area, subject to significant anthropogenic pressures from residential development and industrial enterprises. Despite conservation measures, the metallurgical enterprises still contribute significantly to water pollution. The enterprises of metallurgy are powerful consumers of water, and then accompanied by the discharge of sewage into the pond, greatly exceeding the sanitary permissible limits. Among the main industrial enterprises polluting the Upa river, the predominant effect metallurgical company Tulachermet, which is one of the leading metallurgical companies in Russia, the country’s largest exporter of pig iron. The paper also gives recommendations on developing a long-term program for the protection of water bodies and to reduce the human impact on them.