During the flood in Kirov, water is planned to be tested weekly.

      According to the Kirov Region Rospotrebnadzor, every year during the spring flood period, the agency intensifies control over the quality of drinking water supplied to the taps of Kirov residents. Before water from the Vyatka River enters the city's distribution network, samples will be taken for laboratory testing. Samples are planned to be taken weekly, and in the event of an unfavorable development of the flood situation — daily. The agency noted that during the current period of 2026, 1,075 samples of drinking water have been taken and tested from centralized water supply systems in the Kirov region for sanitary-chemical indicators, and 1,431 samples for microbiological indicators. The proportion of unsatisfactory samples for sanitary-chemical indicators is 6.4%, and for microbiological indicators — 1.8%.