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Kostanay Oblast
2015 2016 2017 2018 5,3 8,4 7,4 9,4 8,5 Discharge of pollutants by enterprises - 2018-2019 2018 46 997 102 201 9 46 711 102 Volume – wastewater discharge – 1000 m 3 Volume – pollutant discharge - kt The region has 310 rivers and watercourses with a length of more than 10 tokilometers, 21 rivers with a length of more than 100 kilometers and two rivers with a length of more than 500 kilometers. 11 reservoirs with a total volume of more than 1490 millioncubic meters, the largest reservoirs are Verkhne-Tobolsk and Karatomarskoye. Domestic wastewater discharge in 2018–2019 201 8 19 145 12 201 9 19 019 11,9 Volume – wastewater discharge – 1000 m 3 Volume – pollutant discharge - kt The total oblast land area is 19.6 million hectares. Category Agricultural land Residential land Land zoned for industrial, transport, communications, defense, and other non-agricultural purposes Protected nature preserves Forestland Surface water lands Undesignated Reserve Land 2018 10 645 1 558 131 746 453 67 6 000 2019 10 551 1 558 131 742 452 68 6 097 Distribution of land by category - thousands of hectares - 2018–2019 Monitoring of radioactive gamma contamination of the surface layer of the atmosphere in the oblast was carried out daily at six meteorological stations located in the cities of Zhitikare, Karamendy, Karasu, Karabalyke, Kostanae, and Sarykole with four automated posts in Kostanay and Rudny. Measurements reveal that the average values of the gamma background, gamma emissions and radioactive fallout in both 2018 and 2019 were within normal limits. Pollutant emissions from stationary sources by volume, kilotons - 2018–2019 Substance Sulfur dioxide Nitrogen dioxide Suspended solid particulate Carbon monoxide 201 8 22,6 3,7 52 18,1 201 9 25,1 6,9 55,5 19,7 Category III and IV radioactive hazards employed in industry and medical services are located within the oblast. No accidents involving radioactive materials were recorded in the oblast in 2019. 2019 Unusable land, unavailable due to extreme pollutant concentration and other distress Of these, restored distressed land 37 793 13 849 Distressed land in the region - 2019 hectares ( )