The Shatura region is rich in water resources. Here are the largest natural reservoirs of the Moscow region - lake. Svyatoe near the village of Kerva (1051 hectares with a depth of up to 12 m), lakes Svyatoe and Dubovoe on the eastern border of the district and region.

The longest river, Polya, crosses the region from south to north for 92 km.

In the east of the capital region, along the fabulous Meshchera, as if crashing into dense coniferous forests, pushing apart oak groves, in ancient times, a river with an affectionate girlish name - Polya - laid its winding path.

Centuries passed, the Field gained strength. People began to come to its beautiful shores. They built housing, plowed land, and raised livestock. In the winter months, they cut down the forest so that during the stormy spring floods they could float it down to Klyazma, and then to Vladimir. It’s not for nothing that Polya is called a rafting house.

And when mills appeared, the water surface of the river became even more extensive. Later, inter-collective farm power plants were built near the villages of Ilkodino and Lemeshino. Electric current flowed into the villages, and light bulbs lit up brightly in the houses of collective farmers.

But the years passed. There was no longer a need for tiny power plants and mills on the river, and people dismantled the dams. And the Polya River immediately became shallow, all its creeks and oxbows dried up. The spring flood became so short that the eggs that the fish laid did not have time to ripen and became easy prey for birds and animals. And what sad thoughts come to mind in the summer months, when there is very little water left in the Field!

But at one time everything was different. When the Ilkodinskaya, Peredelskaya, Lemeshinskaya, Bordukovskaya dams stood, the river was full-flowing, and there were a lot of fish in it. In the deep pools, local residents even caught pound-sized catfish. Waterfowl nested in the flooded meadows, and black grouse made their noisy displays in the high coastal clearings.

Alas, all this became just pleasant memories. There are very few water meadows left on the Field. Waterfowl no longer flock to the river in schools, and the boar does not even fly up to its banks. In summer, the Polya becomes so shallow that the bottom can be seen almost along its entire length. In many places, it is difficult for a child's boat to pass through sandy rifts.

The Polya River mainly flows through the territory of the Shatura district. Like most rivers flowing through the Meshchera Lowland, the Polya is very winding, its flow is calm, the banks are swampy in places, but mostly covered with good pine forests. Since most of the river's tributaries flow from peat bogs, the water is muddy and has a noticeable brown tint.

We need to take care of her. And to take care means to make it full of water again. This is necessary so that Poli has enough water to irrigate fields, and to replenish the water balance of Shatura lakes, and for other needs.

In the fall I visited the Pole River. I can safely call Polya the most interesting and picturesque river in the Moscow region that I have ever visited. The river along its entire length is very beautiful and varied in its beauty: the narrow, winding Fields first flows among meadows covered with tall grass; among marshy meadows overgrown with bushes; expanding slightly, it runs merrily past beautiful pine forests with high, steep sandy banks. The constant turns of the river and the abundance of half-submerged snags make it impossible to relax your attention. On the forest part of the river there are many half-fallen trees bent low above the water, and there are rubble. In deep water they are almost all easily passable. Polya is a sparsely populated river, however, near the villages on both banks there are many vacationers in cars and fishermen. The water in Pole is quite drinkable and has a characteristic reddish peaty color. It would seem that everything is fine, everything is sweet to the heart. However, I saw a large number of cut down trees, pollution and shallowing of the banks. But previously the well-known tributary of the Polya - Voymega, flowing past the Roshal chemical plant, was clean, like the rest of the Polya.

After a short excursion to the great river Polya, I decided to find ways to solve the problem of restoring this river. Solving this problem is not that difficult. It is necessary to build three or four dams on the river. Which would raise the water level in it.

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