Azerbaijani Ecology Ministry: Rise in water consumption in Kura River

The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held regular monitoring of pollution in the transboundary Kura and Araz Rivers during the first decade of October, the ministry reported today. During the first decade of October, water consumption in the Kur River increased by 63 cubic meters per second to 180 cubic meters per second.

The monitoring found that phenol and copper are strong pollutants. Biogenic substances exceeded the norm at points where the river is subjected to transboundary contamination in Georgia and Armenia.

Water consumption in the Araz River was 8.23 cubic meters per second. The water's oxygen regime at all points remained at the corridor of 5.80-6.71 milligrams per liter.


/Trend/