Kura and Aras transboundary rivers monitored

The National Monitoring Department for Environment of the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry implemented the next monitoring in order to review the contamination level of Kura and Aras transboundary rivers, as well as transboundary tributaries of them.


Water consumption in Kura river held 120 m3/sec in the third decade of February increasing 3 m3/sec in relation to the second decade of February. 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 fourfold and thrice in Shikli-2 settlement, twice and thrice in Agstafachay settlement, while quadruple and thrice in Agstafachay reservoir respectively.

According to the outcomes of the monitorings conducted in the third decade of February, phenols and copper compounds outnumbered the admissible turbidity level thrice in Horadiz settlement, thrice and four times in I Shahsevan settlement respectively, and twice in Bahramtapa settlement respective of Aras river. The water oxygen regime fluctuated within the sanitary norm in all settlements containing 6.09-7.0 mg/l.


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