yulia mikhalkova and the director of the department of ecology. climate control company rusal, ivan rebrik is one of the largest river lands and the largest basin area and length in europe. turned green. in saratov this year it became overgrown with algae much earlier than usual. residents of the city sounded the alarm. the volga began to turn green in july, by august the entire expanse of the river in saratov seemed to have an acidic color, and algae had bloomed. then the unpleasant smell of hydrogen sulfide appeared. the plants began to rot, the picture was completed by household garbage in the water, dead fish and unknown knocks in the area of the new beach, swimming was prohibited there, e. coli was found, only the level of flowering increases every year. that is, blue-green algae, brown algae, the smell of constantly decomposing remains, that is, the fish are dying out because oxygen becomes scarce. environmentalists explain that this year, due to the heat, the algae bloomed earlier than usual and more strongly. the main reason is runoff from storm sewers, experts say. the volga and