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In the city of Bimal, water with feces began to flow from pipes in the central gas-producing region of Russia, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), problems with water supply began. In Nuevarsk, the second largest city in the region with a population of more than 100,000 people, they were unable to restore the normal water supply for several months after the accident, and now it is known that water with sewage is flowing into the apartments of the city's residents, Ora.ru writes, referring to the results of the Rospotrabendzor inspection. The test took place between September 14 and 17 after widespread complaints about the quality of the water, and according to the department, it showed "an excess of chemicals, as well as coliform bacteria, indicating possible contamination of the tap water with feces." This damaged residential buildings and institutions in most of the city, including kindergartens. Rosputerbandzor said that drinking water containing coliform bacteria can lead to "the development of acute intestinal infections, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dysentery, salmonellosis, viral hepatitis A and other water-borne diseases." The water problems in the city began in August after an accident in the main water pipe. People began to complain about the brown color of the water, regular breaks and lack of information from utilities. In October, the governor of the Yamal-Nents Autonomous Oblast, Dmitry Artyukhov, spoke of "mess" and "confusion" and demanded that those responsible for the crisis be named. More details.

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In the city of Bimal, water with feces began to flow from pipes in the central gas-producing region of Russia, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), problems with water supply began. In Nuevarsk, the second largest city in the region with a population of more than 100,000 people, they were unable to restore the normal water supply for several months after the accident, and now it is known that water with sewage is flowing into the apartments of the city's residents, Ora.ru writes, referring to the results of the Rospotrabendzor inspection. The test took place between September 14 and 17 after widespread complaints about the quality of the water, and according to the department, it showed "an excess of chemicals, as well as coliform bacteria, indicating possible contamination of the tap water with feces." This damaged residential buildings and institutions in most of the city, including kindergartens. Rosputerbandzor said that drinking water containing coliform bacteria can lead to "the development of acute intestinal infections, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dysentery, salmonellosis, viral hepatitis A and other water-borne diseases." The water problems in the city began in August after an accident in the main water pipe. People began to complain about the brown color of the water, regular breaks and lack of information from utilities. In October, the governor of the Yamal-Nents Autonomous Oblast, Dmitry Artyukhov, spoke of "mess" and "confusion" and demanded that those responsible for the crisis be named. More details.

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