The quality of Russia’s surface waters is analyzed. The main problems of quality control are highlighted: drinking water at odds with specified standards, defects of the economic mechanism of quality control of natural waters, the obsolete and contradictory legislative and regulatory framework for water-body management, the low efficiency of supervision, and the weakness of the monitoring and statistical system. The drawbacks of the scientific and methodological framework for water quality control are noted. The necessity to shift to a risk-oriented approach to nature-conservation regulation is substantiated. The currently employed zero-risk concept fails to meet target indicators of water quality.

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评估最近的地表水质量控制和保护方法

分析了俄罗斯地表水的质量。质量控制的主要问题突出：饮用水不达标、天然水质量控制经济机制存在缺陷、水体管理立法法规体系陈旧矛盾、监管效率低下等。监测和统计系统的薄弱环节。指出了水质控制的科学和方法框架的缺点。转向以风险为导向的自然保护监管方法的必要性得到证实。目前采用的零风险概念未能达到水质目标指标。