Environmental monitoring

Air monitoring in Magnitogorsk

Is carried out by:

  • Ural Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Federal State Budget Organisation: at eight fixed monitoring stations.
  • MMK: at the border of the sanitary protection zone at 23 route monitoring stations.

In 2018, Magnitogorsk was removed from the list of cities with very high levels of air pollution.

In 2020, the level of air pollution was reduced from high to increased.

Air quality assessment by the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) done in 12 Russian cities included in the Clean Air federal project (part of the Environment national project).
Changes in the CAQI in Magnitogorsk based on the Roshydromet’s data
CITY 2017, project start 2018 2019 2020
Bratsk very high very high very high high
Krasnoyarsk very high very high high high
Novokuznetsk very high very high very high high
Norilsk very high very high very high very high
Chita very high very high very high very high
Magnitogorsk very high high high elevated
Chelyabinsk high elevated elevated elevated
Lipetsk elevated low low low
Mednogorsk elevated low low low
Nizhny Tagil high low elevated high
Omsk low low low low
Cherepovets elevated low low elevated

Changes in the CAQI in Magnitogorsk based on the Roshydromet’s data

low
elevated
high
very high

Development of air monitoring network

To implement the industrial control air monitoring programme, in 2007 and 2019 MMK acquired mobile environmental control stations mounted on GAZelle and GAZon NEXT trucks. The stations are equipped with gas analysis and meteorological recorders for direct measurement of nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, ammonia, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen sulphide and an automated sampling system to take samples for lab analysis if the substance content cannot be measured automatically on the go.

MMK's monitoring stations

As part of its efforts to develop the state air quality control system of Magnitogorsk, MMK set up fixed air monitoring stations in Magnitogorsk's left bank – near the 19/3 Mayakovsky St and in the right bank – near the 27/3 Tevosyan St (School No. 10). Starting from 2018, the data obtained from these stations is recorded in the unified national database to be used in assessing the city's air quality. In 2019, to get most recent and reliable MMK set up two additional fixed stations at the border of the sanitary protection zone (near the Ordzhonikidze Steelworker Community Centre and the Metallurg Arena). Since 2021, these stations have been operated by Roshydromet, and the data are sent to the unified national database.

Development of air monitoring network in Magnitogorsk

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