Monitoring Pollution Level in Railroad Right-of-Way

The paper describes environmental pollution in railroad right-of-way. The authors set a goal of collecting systematic data about concentration of pollutants in soils and surface run-off, which are close to railroad tracks and railway service enterprises. They also justified the choice of their research sites and described pollution forms typical for areas, which are close to railroad tracks. Petroleum products and iron were considered as main pollutants. The authors carried out a set of field-tested experiments to measure the level of railroad right-of-way pollution. The results are summarized in graphs showing how the level of pollutant concentration in surface run-off depends on the level of the same pollutant in soil sample. Theoretical and experimental research made it possible to calculate surface waste water and soils pollution concentration in railroad track right-of-way. The paper considers the Russian Legislation regulatory documents requiring enforcement of environmental protection measures to decrease dirty discharge into water bodies.