Georgia, Armenia continue polluting transboundary rivers

The National Monitoring Department for Environment of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (MENR) conducted the next monitoring for the purpose of review of the pollution level of Kura and Aras transboundary rivers, as well as transboundary tributaries of them.

Water consumption in Kura river held 294 m3/sec in the first decade of April increasing 141 m3/sec in comparison with the third decade of March.

According to the results of the monitorings, the amount of bio substances in Kura river was considerably more than norm due to domestic wastes and slops of industrial enterprises discharged directly to water bodies without purification from the territories of Georgia and Armenia. Phenols and copper compounds as specific contaminants in the water composition exceeded the admissible turbidity level.

In this regard, phenols and copper compounds surpassed the admissible turbidity level thrice and twice in Shikli-2 settlement, thrice in Agstafachay settlement, while thrice and fourfold respectively in Agstafachay reservoir.

According to the outcomes of the monitorings conducted in the first decade of April, phenols and copper compounds outnumbered the admissible turbidity level thrice and quadruple in Horadiz settlement, four times and thrice in I Shahsevan settlement, while twice and thrice respectively in Bahramtapa settlement with respect to Aras river.

The water oxygen regime vacillated within the sanitary norm in all settlements containing 5.00-5.85 mg/l.


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