TERRITORIAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE STATE AND POLLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, FORMED IN ST. PETERSBURG AND PROSPECTS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PERIOD UNTIL 2030

The article defines the role of environmental monitoring as an important tool for environmental protection. A territorial system for monitoring the state and pollution of the environment in St. Petersburg, formed to ensure the organization of environmental monitoring at the regional level, is presented; the legal basis for the creation of such a system and prospects for its development for the period until 2030 are considered, including subsystems for automatic monitoring of atmospheric air, radiation control situation, soil monitoring, automated observations of the state of underground water bodies, monitoring of the state of the day and the banks of water bodies.