Ecology ministry monitors rivers

 The National Monitoring Department on Environment of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has conducted monitoring on the rivers Kur and Araz in the second decade of December to study the level of pollution of the rivers and their branches.

According to the Ministry, the monitoring results revealed that the water flow in the Kur River in comparison with the first decade of December fell by 7 cubic meters per second.

It was determined that due to the impact of untreated waste water and sewage industry dropped on the territory of Georgia and Armenia to the water, the amount of biogenic substances in the Kur River and its tributaries is much higher than normal. A similar situation was observed in Agstafachay reservoir, as well as in areas of the Araz River - Horadiz, Shahsevan, Bahramtapa.
The oxygen regime of water at all points ranges within health standards.


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