Azerbaijani ecology ministry releases results of monitoring into Kura and Aras 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.

/Trend News/