Clogging of water bodies poses the threat of a global catastrophe. To attract people's attention to this issue, International Water Cleanup Day was established, which the world community celebrates in the fall. Considering climatic features, some regions moved the holiday to the first weekend of June. All activities are carried out on a volunteer basis. The participation of famous diving clubs and societies in them is a kind of call, pushing caring people to help nature.

Traditions of International Water Cleanup Day

On this day, enthusiasts gather in groups and remove debris from the coastal area, and scuba diving enthusiasts clean the bottom. To avoid boredom, work is carried out in the form of competitions, divided into teams and strict judges. A simple action becomes spectacular and interesting. The organizers prepare awards ahead of time for the winners in various categories. World Water Cleanup Day ends with a cheerful, friendly company on a clean shore. The support of local administrations with the provision of equipment, the involvement of the media and sponsors expands the possibilities of the holiday. The most important “catch” is brought by members of dive clubs. The task of the rest is to be in solidarity with the main participants, to support the common idea of ​​making our planet cleaner, collectively ridding it of tens of tons of garbage in one day.

Every family has favorite place relaxation by the sea or near a river. Adults who do not have the opportunity to work together with everyone else can come up with their own scenario and, together with their children, join in cleaning the coastal zone at any convenient time. After all, what kind of land we will walk on and what body of water we will have to swim in depends on the right younger generation.

Traditionally on the first Sunday of summer, which this year falls on June 4, the whole world is cleaning water bodies. IN International Clean Up Day All divers unite against garbage! After all, thanks to our skills, we can make water bodies cleaner and safer!

The Aquanaut club invites caring people on Sunday, June 4, to the pearl of the Moscow region - Lake SENEZH.

Lake Senezh is located in the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow region. This is a great place for a family holiday and a paradise for lovers fishing. To be precise, Senezh is not a lake, but an artificial reservoir created at the beginning of the 19th century on the Sestra River. The canal system was built in those days with the aim of delivering stone from the Volga for the construction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. But everyone has already forgotten about this story and calls Senezh a lake.

The depths here are small, only 4-6 meters. There is a variety of fish, and most importantly, there is a lot of it here. Even the most experienced fisherman takes his breath away when he hears these names: pike perch, pike, perch, grass carp, silver carp, carp, crucian carp and even exotic eel. This place can be called “cool” in every sense. The water in the lake is very clean, the landscape along the banks is truly Russian - last picture Levitan, written by him here, is called “Lake. Rus".

Traditionally, those who want to help clean the shore, see how divers work, and just have a good time will gather at Lake Senezhskoe. fresh air. The garbage will be collected separately, we will keep records by fractions and enter all the data into the global registry Project AWARE (Project for Conservation, Research and careful attitude to water spaces). You will also have a unique opportunity to take a special course PADI Dive Against Debris(Divers against garbage.

The one-time entry fee (including the cost of the certificate) will go to the Project AWARE Foundation. Course participants are provided educational materials. The course is taught by PADI Course Director Herman Gursky. After we go ashore, a delicious lunch will be waiting for us from the organizers.

Event plan:

10:00 Gathering of participants. We disassemble equipment and park cars

10:30 Briefing and distribution of equipment.

11.00 Grand opening. Divers entering the water. Help from boats on the surface for those who are not diving.

Since 1995, International Water Cleanup Day has been held in many countries around the world. In Russia, International Water Cleanup Day appeared eight years later than throughout the world - in 2003. The date of its holding has also changed. Abroad, the event takes place in early autumn, and in Russia, where climatic conditions are more severe in many regions, on the first Sunday in June. This is the official date, but sometimes the cleanup day can completely take over the first weekend of June.

For example, a celebration of environmental creativity took place on the territory of Polezhaevsky Park in the Krasnoselsky District of St. Petersburg. As part of the All-Russian campaign "Water of Russia" for pupils summer camps and labor groups of the Krasnos Youth Union Elsky district organized environmental game in the form of an exciting eco-quest.

The teams started at 11.00 from pedestrian bridge through the Duderhof Canal at the beginning of the Walk of Fame of Polezhaevsky Park. During the stages of the competition, the participants cleared the territory of Polezhaevsky Park along the Dudergofsky Canal and the banks of the Dudergofka River from debris.

For residents and guests of the Krasnoselsky district, a children's environmental camp was organized at the stage from 11.00. Nature gave us all a gift - a sunny, warm day with a slightly cool breeze. Therefore, many parents came here with children from infants to primary schoolchildren, especially many children aged 3-5 years. Everyone was given the opportunity to relax, have a snack in a real field kitchen, listen to performances by artists, take part in eco-quizzes and master classes, dance in flash mobs and receive well-deserved awards.

At 14.00 the winning teams were awarded the results of the environmental quest. The first place was taken by the schoolchildren team “Janitors”. Representatives of the Committee for Natural Resources Management and Protection took part in the award ceremony environment and ensuring the environmental safety of St. Petersburg, the Environmental Union, the administration of the Krasnoselsky district and other honored guests.

Also at the event, the winners of the competition for the best management project were awarded water body among students of grades 9-11 and competition winners ecological tales“If the inhabitants of reservoirs could talk” for students in grades 5-8. The prizes were provided by the Environmental Union.

The all-Russian campaign “Water of Russia” to clean the banks of reservoirs from garbage will take place in the summer of 2016 in more than 70 regions Russia within the framework of the Federal target program “Development of the water management complex Russian Federation in 2012 - 2020" (Federal Target Program "Water of Russia").

On June 3, 2017, a large diving family in many countries around the world will gather together with a common goal - to make our water bodies and coastal areas cleaner. All together, one big and friendly family

There is something in the mysterious Slavic soul that has forced us to celebrate holidays together since ancient times. New Year and Christmas with family or friends, professional holidays with colleagues, and the Reservoir Cleanup Day holiday with the Diver Family.
On June 3, 2017, for the 16th time, the large diving family of Ukraine will gather together with a common goal - to make our water bodies and coastal areas cleaner. All together, one big and friendly family.
Come too, no matter what level of diving certification you have, whether you are diving or just about to dive, you can help change our world for the better underwater and on the shore. Well, if you like it with us, we will be happy to welcome you into our large, friendly diving family.
I sincerely wish the guests and participants of the events to clean up water bodies Have a good mood, new friends, pleasant emotions and bright impressions, of course, good luck to everyone! Good luck with the weather, with interesting finds, with new impressions. On June 3, I propose to make a trip to the Pyatikhatsky quarry, divers will clear the underwater part of debris, and non-divers will clear the surrounding area. It is advisable to have garbage bags with you, and divers will have nets for collecting garbage.

At the end of the event there will be gatherings with tea and diving stories. Prizes and awards await the most active ones. Photos from the last holiday, photo 2015, photo 2014, photo 2013.

June 3, Action “Clean Coast. Clean Sea" in Ushakova gully

Friends! June 3, 2017, Saturday, Association of Underwater Activities of Crimea and Sevastopol, as part of the “Clean Coast. Clean Sea” will hold the second cleanup event this year to clean up garbage under water, on the city beach “Ushakova Balka”! This environmental action is dedicated to the “International Water Cleanup Day,” which is celebrated in Russia on June 3.

Not only members of the association, but also simply concerned residents of our city with an active civic position can take part in the action. Moreover, as practice has shown, assistance on shore in collecting garbage from the water is also necessary. As before, with this action we want not only to clean our beloved sea of ​​garbage, but also to ensure safe holiday townspeople on the beaches in anticipation of holiday season, but also to attract public attention to the problem of sea pollution from household waste.

Control gathering for everyone who wants to support the action on the beach in Ushakova Balka at 9:30.

Event plan:

Control meeting of participants – 9:30
Instruction, preparation, changing into wetsuits 9:45-10:00 (be sure to have a buoy with you)
The garbage collection campaign starts at 10:00
Estimated exit from the water – 11:00-11:30
Loading collected waste into vehicles for removal - 11:15-11:45

We invite all APDKS activists and volunteers who want to join the campaign to clean up garbage on the beach in Ushakova Balka on June 3!

Based on the experience of previous cleanups, the main beach trash is wheels. To automate the process of pulling wheels, we are looking for a rope, cable, halyard with a thickness of 10 mm and a length of about 30 meters. Even if there is no long rope, it will be possible to tie it from pieces. You will also need a small anchor or hook made of reinforcement. Anyone who can help in this matter, please contact me Maxim Alekseev +79788305557, https://vk.com/id1398558

On this moment it is necessary to submit lists of people who will dive (clean directly under water) to the city border service.
I ask people who have decided that they will participate in the cleanup, “work under water,” please contact me +79788305557,

More than half of the Earth's surface is occupied water resources that provide life to everything on the planet. In addition to the seas, oceans, there are also rivers, lakes, ponds, playing no less important role in the existence of humanity, flora and fauna. However, any body of water tends to become polluted, which reduces its functionality. In order to solve such problems, a holiday was established international character: Reservoir Cleanup Day. It has been celebrated throughout the world in the month of June since 1995.

History of the holiday International Water Cleanup Day

The event discussed in this article is, in fact, environmental action. Its organizers advocate for the protection of nature and the safe existence of you and me within its boundaries.

Central event International Day cleaning up water bodies - holding a global cleanup day, which is a collection of general cleanings scattered across world regions, “cities and villages”. This process is carried out on the initiative and under the auspices of the PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) organization - the Association of Diving Instructors. The employees of this association are engaged in training those interested in diving, that is, scuba diving. In addition, PADI is the very organization that brings together specialists high level in the specified field of activity.

Currently, members of the organization are physical (instructors, divemasters) and legal entities(about 6,000 dive centers), as well as entire resorts. The goal of the Association is to make scuba diving accessible, interesting, and exciting. At the same time, PADI employees make every effort to ensure the safety of their clients.

How it goes International Cleanup Day bodies of water in ordinary Russian cities and others populated areas? It should be noted, first of all, that this environmental holiday has been celebrated in our country only since 2003, on the first day off (Saturday or Sunday) in June. Responsibility for carrying out specific events lies entirely on the shoulders of the employees of diving clubs. Participants include shore support groups and scuba divers - all volunteers. An interesting addition to the main event, that is, a cleanup event, is usually a competition between groups (teams) in one category or another. What is happening is certainly recorded, and then illuminated by means mass media. Anyone can take part in such events as part of International Water Cleanup Day, but, of course, only on condition that an environmental conservation action is carried out in his region/city/village. Important: abroad, that is, in the CIS countries, Reservoir Cleanup Day organized in the fall due to less severe climatic conditions.

Causes of water pollution

A river, a lake and an ordinary pond, especially those that are not large in size, change their nature over time. appearance- and not in better side. Under influence various factors The quality of the reservoir also decreases. Firstly, the coasts are destroyed due to winds and washing out. Secondly, vegetation plays a large negative role in deteriorating the attractiveness of a reservoir. Sedges and reeds form entire thickets and “clog” a pond or lake. Well, another enemy of reservoirs is duckweed, because of which the water literally begins to “bloom” and changes its shade to a cloudy greenish or reddish. The process impairs the development of protozoa and various bacteria.

Another one a big problem pollution of lakes and ponds - garbage. He can be of different origins and appears where it should not - “thanks to” human activity, more precisely, the latter’s indifference and negligent attitude towards nature. In combination with soil and clay brought into the reservoir melt water, the process of decay begins, as a result, hydrogen sulfide is released, poisoning the entire ecosystem as a whole. Of course, this has a more than negative effect on the existence of the inhabitants of the reservoir. As a result, some types of flora disappear, fish die out, and an unpleasant smell of rot and mud emanates from the reservoir. From here it’s a stone’s throw away from turning into a swamp if specialists don’t come to the rescue and start cleaning up natural object. This is necessary, because in the later stages the reservoir is not able to use a self-purification system.

Pollution fresh water It's not always so obvious. So-called invisible pollution often occurs. The reason for this is substances that are soluble in water. For example, magnesium compounds enter a reservoir with floods - they are simply washed out of the soil of meadows and fields, and deal a crushing blow to fish populations. Aluminum compounds invisible to the naked eye, again contained in the ground, have a far from positive effect on the condition of ponds, rivers, and lakes.

There are also very serious pollutants: petroleum products, waste water, foaming detergents. If all this nasty stuff is systematically dumped into a reservoir, it is quite difficult to rehabilitate it, almost impossible. Nature itself plays a significant role in the pollution of fresh waters. For example, acid rain increases the level of toxic substances and heavy metals in water bodies. Human activity also makes its contribution, seemingly bringing complete benefit to society: occupation agriculture, For example. In general, everywhere you look there is danger.

Methods for cleaning water bodies

The easiest way is to free the affected pond or lake from biogenic trash, that is, “garbage” that has settled there naturally without the direct participation of human activity, with the exception of deliberate clogging with objects from natural materials, for example, paper, metal. For this purpose, primarily a mechanical cleaning method is used. It consists of implementing the following activities:

• pumping liquid out of a reservoir;


• removing sediment from the bottom of a pond/lake;


• lining the bottom of the reservoir with special waterproof clay;


• return of pumped water to the reservoir.

In the event that this method is not feasible for a number of reasons, an integrated method is used as an option. To do this, perform such manipulations as establishing circulation of the reservoir fluid, clearing the bottom of settled debris, improving the quality and species composition microflora living in the reservoir, enriching the water with oxygen. This method especially suitable for cleaning ponds covered with duckweed.

About gifts for the holiday “International Water Cleanup Day”

The best gift you can give to specialists taking part in cleaning up water bodies on the International Day is to show solidarity, that is, to join their ranks, at least for one day. If we talk about more significant gifts, then it would be nice to make a surprise related to the water theme. Present a Neptune figurine to a dive club employee or environmentalist who deals with similar problems, jewelry With precious stone– aquamarine or blue sapphire. And, of course, encourage your friends and family to help clean up water bodies every year, and maybe not just on holidays. Let ponds, lakes and rivers always be clean!