ARMENIA’S ARARAT VALLEY IS IRRIGATED WITH SEWAGE WATER – NEWSPAPER

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July 14, 2012 | 09:35

YEREVAN. – Some plots of land in Armenia’s AraratValley are being
irrigated with sewage water, Hayatsk daily writes.

“The sewage water flows into the irrigation water from Armavir and
Metsamor cities.

‘If other people had eaten the vegetables grown in those lands, they
would have acquired numerous diseases. But we are a people of God;
nothing happens to us,’ stated an environmentalist who wished to
remain anonymous.

According to him, the MetsamorRiver, which can be considered as the
permanent source for nourishing a significant part of the lands of
the AraratValley, has virtually dried out. The Sevjur Rivulet, which
is nourished from [the] Metsamor [River], likewise has dried out.

Instead, sewage water flows through them and is pushed toward the
gardens and vegetable gardens through pumping stations.

The problem’s solution assumes enormous financial resources. The
authorities link the realistic options for a solution with the new
nuclear power plant [NPP] being built. There is a plan that, together
with the start of the NPP’s construction, a [water] purification
station will be built, too,” Hayatsk writes.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress