Sanitary Protection Zone Basics

Forced living in adverse conditions close to the industrial enterprises contradicts the constitutional right of every citizen to health and stay in a safe environment.

The current legislation does not allow to live in sanitary protection zones, so the measures can be carried out on resettlement of citizens.

What is SPZ?

sanitary protection zone - an integral part of the object, which becomes a source of negative effects on humans or the environment.It separates the residential development, recreation area and recreational space from industrial sites.This must be specified boundaries and set information signs.

Calculation of sanitary protection zone is carried out in accordance with the sanitary classification organizations.Moreover, its size is from 5 to 1,000 meters, depending on the level of vibration and noise as well as from other detrimental factors.

worth noting that, in practice, the sanitary protection zone is measured in different ways - from the land where the plant is located, from industrial buildings or the source of harmful industrial emissions.This is due to the fact that there is no clear guidance as to what the boundaries of the measurements should be carried out or how to most accurately determine the sanitary protection zone and its area.

Sometimes you need to change sanitary protection zone, or create individual sites for businesses that do not fit into any classification category.Sanitary protection zone can be increased with a significant excess of the level of any factor of production, as well as using new technologies that are not well understood.It should be noted that an increase in the territory taken into consideration only the data on the basis of practical performance, rather than those that result from the calculations.

sanitary protection zone is reduced in the following situations:

• stable at confirmation of anthropogenic impact, which is below the regulatory requirements;

• reducing physical factors affecting the environment within the housing estates;

• reducing the power of the enterprise, its redevelopment or change of class of danger.

It should be noted that the zone of sanitary protection in any case should not include any food businesses and organizations that manufacture packaging for products, systems of water supply of buildings for the storage of drinking water, parks, educational and sports organizations, as well as medical and health centers.This territory is also prohibited to place collective or individual horticultural and garden plots.

To adjust the position described, developed regulations that help to better and more timely follow the instructions of regulatory authorities, as well as to put more stringent requirements of the heads of organizations to ensure maximum protection of the population from the negative industry factors.