Monitoring Pollution Level in Railroad Right-of-Way

Strelkov, A. K.; Степанов, С. В.; Teplykh, Svetlana; Sargsyan, Ashot

doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2016.03.019

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“…Whereas, environmental conditions when dealing with RNTC objects depend on infrastructure of railways construction, production, repair and exploitation of railway equipment, manufacturing facilities, penetration level of railway equipment and other object on the railways, penetration of scholarly results in the enterprises and branch objects. Suffice to say that in the Russian Federation railway transportation use up to 7% of fossil fuels, 6% of electricity and 4,5% of timber [2,5,11].…”

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Railway Natural Industrial Complexes and Their Impact on Waterbodies

Strelkov

Teplykh

Bukhman

2017

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The paper aims to investigate objects located in railway natural industrial complexes, e.g. the Kuybyshevskaya Railway within the boundaries of Samara region. The authors analyse its following characteristic properties: geometric (proximity to water bodies); intercepted (crossings with bridges or waterbodies); watercut (proximity to subsurface water outlets and high groundwater); hilly-mountainous terrain (washouts and washaways); violation of surface (water drainage from the walls, washaways of flood-prone slopes). The researchers studied a schematic map of the Kuybyshevskaya Railway and came to the conclusion that there is a considerable number of railways crossings with water objects in Samara region, Ulyanovsk region and the Republic of Tatarstan. Some of these railways crossings are located in close proximity to waterbodies. The average value of the crossings is 0.549 km for every 1 km, i.e. approximately every 500 m railway tracks cross at least one water object. It means that there is a surface run-off coming from railroad tracks and near-by territories into a waterbody every 500 m. Systematic monitoring of water pollution is performed by a considerable number (up to 20) of gauging stations located within all railroad tracks in Samara region.

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Railway Natural Industrial Complexes and Their Impact on Waterbodies

Strelkov

Teplykh

Bukhman

2017

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Development of sanitary-protection zones and sanitation gaps for the kuibyshev railway within the boundaries of settlements

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Abstract. Nowadays it is quite relevant to work on projects development and projects coordination of sanitary protection zones (SPZ) and sanitation gaps (SG). It is explained by mutual proximity of objects of regulation and objects of the Kuybyshev railroad within the boundaries of settlements in a dense residential development. The aim of this work is to attract attention of project organizations and design contractors to the minimum limitations of SPZ and SG (according to existing standards and regulations) as far as the factor of noise is concerned. This factor has the most tangible impact for the population. Meanwhile, there is no express reference in these documents to the cases of exceeding maximum permissible levels of noise (MPL) and to the cases of SPZ and SG crossings by several enterprises. The paper shows the results of mathematical calculations of the spread of noise from railway with and without noise screens on different test sites. The authors come to the conclusion that the existing regulations do not provide clear guidance in cases where there is an excess of physical factors of influence on the air (noise, etc.), taking into account the background, or crossings of SPZ borders and SG by several groups of enterprises. Therefore, the question whether standardized territory, (housing in particular) lies within the boundaries of SPZ (SG) of the railway or this territory is within the object of regulation boundaries is settled by court of law.

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