Armenia, Georgia keep polluting Kur and Araz rivers
The National Monitoring Department on Environment of the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry of Azerbaijan has conducted a monitoring on the rivers Kur and Araz in the first decade of December.
The monitoring was aimed to study the level of pollution of the
rivers and their branches.
The monitoring results revealed that the water flow 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, the ministry said.
The level of phenol and copper in the water has exceeded the
norm in Aghstafachay River either.
A similar situation was observed in the Aghstafachay reservoir,
Shikhli-2, as well as Araz River - Horadiz, Birinji Shahsevan,
Bahramtapa points.
The oxygen regime of water at all points ranges within health
standards.