Baku. Farid Mirzayev – APA. “Armenia’s Kapan, Kajaran copper-molybdenum plants discharge waters into Okhchu river. Okhchuchay flows into Aras river. Aras River is mostly polluted here. There is information that Metsamor nuclear power plant's radioactive waters are discharged into Aras river through Okhchu river,” senior research fellow of the Institute of Geography of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), Mahammad Abduyev told APA.
Abduyev said that heavy metals - copper, lead and nickel are higher than the norm in Boyuk Kesik direction of Kura River. “Debed river is flowing from Armenia. It is tributary of Khram river. Armenia’s Alaverdi copper smelting plant discharges waters into Khram river through Debed and it leads to pollution of the Kura River. Self-regulation process occurs in the water if the distance is long. Sewage mixes with clean water. Then, the amount of pollutants decrease.”
According to the Institute’s employee, Iran’s constructing a canal from Aras river to the lake, in order to prevent drying of Lake Urmia, will have a negative impact on Azerbaijan. “As you know, there is such a plan. Due to the financial problems, the issue remains pending. In case of its implementation, there can be water scarcity in Saatli, Sabirabad and Imishli districts. And this is a big problem for Azerbaijan”, he added.
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