russians Have Lost Access to Clean Drinking Water

Every tenth russian does not have access to clean drinking water. Over the past year, polluted drinking water in the rf has led to 11,000 deaths and 1.4 million people falling ill. Among them, 35.1  % suffered from diseases of the digestive system, 2 7% – from diseases of the genitourinary system, and 13.3 % – from diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.

Statistics on high and extremely high pollution of water bodies has increased significantly. Over the past year, the number of cases reached 3,095 in at least 334 water bodies. The highest levels of pollution were recorded in the River Volga and the River Ob basins (56 %), followed by the Dnieper, the Yenisei (including the Angara tributary), the Don, the Amur, the Neva, and the Ural.

In total, adverse environmental factors caused approximately 20,300 deaths and 2.8 million cases of disease in the rf last year. Compared to 2022, mortality increased by 37 %, while the number of diseases increased by 30 %.