On Friday, July 6, 2012, a heavy downpour hit Gelendzhik, and in just a few hours a three-month rainfall fell. As a result, a flood began. At the time of liquidation of its consequences, an emergency regime was declared in the resort town, and the beaches of Gelendzhik were recognized as dangerous for swimming.
Immediately after the rampant disaster, from which three cities in the Krasnodar Territory suffered (Krymsk, Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik), Rospotrebnadzor strongly recommended that vacationers in Gelendzhik temporarily refrain from swimming in the Black Sea. This was due to the increased risk of water contamination after the flood.
According to Interfax, the sea water in Gelendzhik, severely affected by the flood, did not meet the existing standards; 48 out of 64 beaches were closed in the city. Employees of Rospotrebnadzor recognized only 16 beaches as safe for health. Black flags were posted in places where bathing was prohibited.
All restrictions were planned to be lifted as soon as laboratory tests of sea water and sand on city beaches give positive or satisfactory results. 88 water samples were taken and a number of measures were taken to improve its microbiological parameters. Additional chlorination of the water was made, and those who came into contact with the flood - the necessary vaccinations.
Just a few days after the natural cataclysm, the Chief Sanitary Doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko made a statement on the compliance of bacteriological analyzes of water (sea and tap water) with the quality standards of the SES and all the bans on swimming on the beaches of Gelendzhik were lifted.
Experts assure that there is no point in hiding negative information. First of all, because the situation in flood-affected cities is under special control and responsibility for even one sick person, not to mention the epidemic, will fall on representatives of Rospotrebnadzor.
As the doctors of the local infectious diseases hospital confirm, at the end of July 2012, not a single patient was admitted to them with suspicion of diseases associated with sea water contamination.
