CONTROLLED EXPOSURE

An automatic monitoring system (AMS) at discharge sources was launched in test mode at Ulba Metallurgical Plant.

Let us recall that the installation of monitoring industrial and storm discharges into the surface waters of Ulba is enshrined in the requirements of environmental legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The plant is equipped with three outlets for industrial and storm sewerage from the main and auxiliary production facilities.

The long-term work has been completed – UMP was one of the first enterprises in the region to put into pilot operation three AFM stations at discharge sources.

The advantages of this system are obvious. This is a round-the-clock monitoring of water discharged into Ulba in real time using five parameters: flow, temperature, pH, turbidity, electrical conductivity.

AFM archive stores data for five years. Continuous monitoring of the state of water discharged into surface waters will allow more accurate control of the situation and immediate response to the slightest changes.

The new system is currently being tested; all data is transferred and stored on a server located in the Plant Information Technology Center.

The next step of testing will be the transfer of information in real time to the server of the state authorized body in the field of ecology. Currently, interaction algorithms for transferring received parameters are being developed.

After completion of pilot testing work and integration of data into the overall system, monitoring of discharges of UMP JSC will be available online to all interested parties.