Unsatisfactory Condition of Drinking Water on the Territory of Yakutia and Ways to Solve This Problem

The article considers the current state of the water management complex of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the main existing problems, as well as ways and measures to solve this problem in order to preserve public health by providing quality drinking water. Drinking water is the source of life, determines the quality and duration of life. The main content of the study is the analysis of factors that have a negative impact on public health. On the basis of various studies it was established that the fault of poor water quality is primarily the lack of water treatment facilities or extremely unsatisfactory technical condition and low capacity of existing water intake facilities of the water supply system. The quality of drinking water supplied to the population of the cities of the republic fully depends on the quality of water of the Lena River. Slowdown of geochemical reactions of river water in conditions of low temperatures leads to slow self-purification of pollutants. This, in turn, leads to deterioration of water quality. On the Vilyuy, Khrom, Upper Indigirka, on many small rivers near large settlements the maximum permissible concentrations of many compounds and elements have long been exceeded. Considerable attention in this work will be paid to the problem of water quality.