On improving the system of the management of the drinking water quality under implementation of federal project «Clean water»

Introduction. During the implementation of the federal project “Clean Water”, the Federal Service for Supervision in Protection of the Rights of Consumer and Man Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) provides the following directions: control over the implementation of target indicators of the federal project “Clean Water”; improving the efficiency of the control for the drinking water quality; methodological support for the management of the assessment and monitoring for drinking water quality, and informing the population about drinking water quality.

The purpose of the study: analysis of the implementation of measures by Rospotrebnadzor to achieve the targets of the federal project “Clean Water” with the subsequent development of proposals for improving the control for drinking water quality.

Materials and methods. The study used the forms of federal statistical observation: No. 18, No. 2-20; federal information fund of social and hygienic monitoring data, state report “On the state of sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population in the Russian Federation in 2021”. The methods of system and content analysis are applied in the work.

Results. During the period of the federal project “Clean Water” Rospotrebnadzor has equipped laboratories with modern equipment. Guidelines have been developed and approved for drinking water quality assessment and organizing its monitoring, laboratory control, and conducting a water quality integral assessment. An information system has been developed to inform the population about the drinking water quality.

Limitations. The study did not take into account the results of drinking water production control. This is due to the difficulties of collecting information, its standardization and analysis.

Conclusion. A system for drinking water quality monitoring in the Russian Federation has been established. Methodological support for drinking water quality monitoring and assessment has been developed, and public information about drinking water quality has been managed. The following questions need to be further addressed: it is necessary to update social and hygienic monitoring programs, organize the receipt and exchange of information on the results of production control of the quality of drinking water, moderate the procedure for assessing the risk to public health.

Compliance with ethical standards. This study does not require the conclusion of a biomedical ethics committee or other documents. 

Contribution:
Gorbanev S.A. — the concept and design of the study, approval of the final version of the article;
Myasnikov I.O. — the concept and design of the study, collection and processing of material, writing a text;
Novikova Yu.A. — the concept and design of the study, editing, statistical processing;
Tikhonova N.A. — literature review, collection and processing of material.
All co-authors — approval of the final version of the article, responsibility for the integrity of all parts of the article.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement. The study was carried out as part of the research work of reg. No. 121031300059-9. 

Received: August 26, 2022 / Accepted: October 3, 2022 / Published: October 23, 2022