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Results of monitoring in Kura and Araz rivers publicized

03 December 2009 08:50 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva â€“ APA. National Environmental Monitoring Department of the Azerbaijanâ€™s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources conducted monitoring for the third ten-day of November to study the level of pollution of the Kura and Araz Rivers and their branches, the ministryâ€™s press service told APA.

Compared with the second ten-day of November, the flow rate in the Kura River in the third ten-day of November reduced by 18 cbm/sec and made up 204 cbm/sec.

The monitoring revealed that biogenic substances exceed the maximum permissible concentration in the Kura River as a result of pollution of the water with industrial and domestic wastes in Georgia and Armenia.

Phenol pollution and copper compounds exceeds MPC, copper compounds double in the Shikhli-2 area, phenols exceeded MPC by 3 times and copper compounds by 4 times in the Aghstafachay River, phenols and copper compounds exceeded MPC by 3 and 5 times respectively in the Aghstafachay Reservoir. According to the monitoring, the flow rate in the Araz River, which borders on Armenia, made up 220 cbm/sec. Phenols and copper compounds exceeded MPC by 4 times in Horadiz area of the River, copper compounds and phenols exceeded MPC by 2 and 3 times in Shahseven I, copper compounds exceeded MPC by 3 times in Bahmantapa.

Oxygen concentrations in equilibrium with the air range from about 5.52 mg/liter to 6.55 mg/liter.