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14 October 2009 [14:16] - Today.Az
The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held next monitoring to study rate of contamination of trans-boundary Kura and Aras Rivers over the first decade of October, the ministry said.
According to the monitoring, the water waste in the Kura River transbordering with Armenia was 217 cubic meters per minute with a decrease of one cubic meter per minute compared to the index over the third decade of September.
The ministry revealed that the level of pollution in the Kura and Aras Rivers by Georgia and Armenia exceeded the norm.
Amount of nutrients in the waters of the Kura exceeds the norm numerously due flow of domestic and industrial wastes from Georgia and Armenia to water facilities without preliminary treatment.
Composition of specific contaminants of phenol and copper compounds exceeded the allowed density norm in water.
According to the monitoring, the water waste in the Araz River transbordering with Armenia was 160 cubic meters per minute.
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