Georgia, Armenia continue polluting transboundary rivers

 The National Monitoring Department for Environment of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (MENR) implemented the next monitoring for the second decade of November with the purpose of review of the contamination level of Kura and Aras transboundary rivers, as well as transboundary branches of them.

Water consumption in Kura river held 157 m3/sec in the first decade of November, increasing 19 m³/sec in relation to the third decade of October. According to the results of the monitoring, 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 compounds surpassed the admissible turbidity level twice and copper compounds quadruple in Shikli-2 settlement, while respectively for three times for both in Aghstafachay water reservoir, and quadruple and thrice in Agstafachay.

According to the outcomes of the monitoring conducted in the first second decade of November, phenols compounds outnumbered the admissible turbidity level respectively for four times and copper compounds for three times in Horadiz, while thrice for both in I Shahsevan settlement and respectively for three and two times in Bahramtapa settlement regarding Aras river.
The water oxygen regime fluctuated within the sanitary norm in all settlements containing 5.65-6.66 mg/l.


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