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More than 1,000 iron removal stations have been built over the past five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the same period, Belarus upgraded 56 water treatment facilities, raising the share of sewage treated to meet standards to 97 percent, Ro\u016dba said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 29, Pozirk. Although Belarus is rich in water resources, much of its artesian water contains excessive dissolved iron and must be treated before it is safe to drink, Iryna Ro\u016dba, CEO of the Bie\u0142vodakana\u0142 water supply authority, said at a news conference in Minsk on January 29. Belarus, a country of about nine million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-173520","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About half of Belarus\u2019 deferrization stations built in past five years | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 29, Pozirk. 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