Russia, Kaliningrad

According to the original Waterdrive project plan, the case area selected as the study area was the catchment area of the Upper Guryevka River pond, which is part of the main catchment area of the Guryevka River. The total catchment area of the drainage channels is 1,030 ha, of which 490 ha are agricultural areas.The choice of the project area was determined by the fact that earlier in the WaterNets-RU project, under the ICLD programme (cooperation between Guryevka municipality, Russia and the municipality of Västervik, Sweden), data had been collected on studies of the physical and chemical parameters of the Guryevka River water. And within the Waterdrive project we wanted to use the results of the WaterNets-RU project

The Guryevka River (Mühlen Fluss) is a small river in Kaliningrad Oblast, the right tributary of the Pregolya River. The Guryevka River runs in an arc around the city of Kaliningrad, through the Guryevsk urban district. The main sources of negative impacts in the basin R. Guryevska are settlements, industrial development and agriculture. All domestic and agricultural wastewater flows directly into the surface water streams or sewer system through and treatment facilities. As shown by field studies (within the project WaterNets-RU), the concentration of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) increases when moving down the river from the source to the mouth, which is correlated with the degree of human impact and the number of populations. Once artificial ponds on the river currently Guryevka act as natural sedimentation, thereby contributing to the process of self-purification of the river. However, this is not enough to ensure that the ecosystem is not degraded. Unfortunately, the environmental responsibility of residents is at a low level.

Conclusions and findings

The Guryevsk implementation- and investment plan initially included the investment and construction of a wetland. However, this implementation plan had to be cancelled due to unexpected challenges with landowner permits etc. Instead an up-dated workplan was developed and implemented in 2021 focusing more on identification of suitable locations for agri-environment measures and training in the Guryevsk municipality. Both the original and up-dated workplan from 2021 are available below.

More information

• See summary report 2021 (Up-dated implementation- and investment plan for Guryevsk case area, 2021)
• Implementation- & investmentplans (Original implementation and investment plan for Guryevsk including a wetland, 2019)  
• Guryevka river basin – measures to reduce the eutrophication process (PPT introduction of measures in the case area, 2019)
• Case area in Guryevs K – Progress Report (PPT presentation of the original Guryevsk case area, 2020)
• Midterm case area Guryevsk Russia Investment draft – 30.05.20  (Project mid-term report for the Guryevsk case area)
• Wetland plan Guryevsk  Zoom meeting – 08.06.20 (PPT including design and specifications for the investment in a wetland)
• The implementation plan for environmental measures in the Guryevsk case area (PPT including actions and measures in the case area)
• Implementation and investment plans in Gryevsk case area, Kaliningrad Region, Russia (PPT presentation of original implementation plan including the wetland)