AZERBAIJANI ECOLOGY MINISTRY RELEASES RESULTS OF MONITORING INTO KURA AND ARAS RIVERS

Today.Az
06 October 2009 [12:53]

The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held a
monitoring to study level of pollution of transboundary rivers.

The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held a
monitoring to study the level of pollution of transboundary over the
third decade of September.

According to the monitoring, the water waste in the Kur River
transbordering with Armenia was 218 cubic meters per minute with an
increase of 94 cubic meters per minute.

The ministry revealed out that the level of pollution the Kura and
Aras Rivers by Georgia and Armenia exceeded the norm. Amount of
nutrients in the waters of Kura exceeds the norm numerously due flow
of domestic and industrial wastes from Georgia and Armenia to water
facilities without preliminary purification

Composition of specific contaminants of phenol and copper compounds
exceeded the allowed density norm in water.

In the Shikhly-2 area content of phenols, one main pollutants of
water exceeded the allowed density by 7 times, ammonium ions by 6
times and copper compounds by 6. Content of phenols exceeded the
allowed density by 6 times and copper by 6 times in the Agstafachay
area and 6 times in Agstafachay reservoir.

According to the monitoring, the water waste in the Aras River
transbordering with Armenia was 163 cubic meters per minute and content
of copper in the water exceeded the allowed density by 4 times and
phenols by 3 times in Horadiz section of the Aras River. Content of
phenols exceeded the allowed density by 2 times and copper by 3 times
the Shahsevan I and 2 times in Bahramtapa.

The oxygen regime of the water was 4.35-6.53 milligram per liter in
all areas and changed within sanitary norm.