Produkty Pitania Company has launched a comprehensive environmental program for improving the Lesnaya River basin in Kaliningrad
— 2005-10-15 —

According to a local spokesperson, more than 60 facilities in the Moskovsky district dump their waste in the Lesnaya River, which has resulted in a critical threat to the environment. What’s more, it has been 25 years since any large-scale effort has been undertaken to treat the river, with very few organizations stepping up to the plate now.  Unfortunately, most local facilities are relatively small, with extremely limited funds to build their own treatment facilities. And so, only two companies in the district – Produkty Pitania and Maksik – operate such facilities.

Although the Produkty Pitania treatment plant has cleaned up several areas of the river in the past, the company has never been satisfied with the facility’s efficiency.  It was originally designed by Russian specialists and equipped with what at the time was state-of-the-art Russian-manufactured machinery.  But the quality when compared to other treatment facilities was only average.

Now, given the environmental threat to the river basin, Produkty Pitania has decided to overhaul its treatment plant, by installing additional equipment and adding coagulation and flocculation machinery, as well as ZeeWeed membrane modules. This technology has been approved by both Kaliningrad City Hall and the Kaliningrad Office of Rospotrebnadzor. In addition, Produkty Pitania has contracted with Europe’s leading treatment facilities manufacturer - Hubert Technologies (which has a proven record in Canada and Eastern Europe) – to install equipment that is designed especially for Russian use.   By using submersible membrane modules, the proposed technology will ensure the highest quality water treatment, with the greatest efficiencies.   Total construction project cost is estimated at around $2 million.