INGA ZARAFYAN: MINING AFFECTS RIVERS (VIDEO)
15:21 | March 20,2015 | Social
Mining industry also has a negative impact on rivers, Chairperson
of the Ecolur NGO Inga Zarafyan said on the threshold of the World
Water Day.
She says because of mining of about 1,607,000 cum industrial wastewater
is dumped annually into the water resources of Meghri and Kartchevan
river basins. The same situation is observed in the Akhtala River.
“Akhtala has turned into a waste pipe that carries and dumps the
waste into the Debed,” she said.
The recent monitoring of the Ministry of Environment revealed that
5 percent of rivers are in ‘a non-sufficient’ state. 42 percent are
in a normal condition.
In his turn, Mher Mkrtumyan, Chief of Staff of State Committee
of Water Economy of the Ministry of Agriculture, said wastewater
treatment plants have been constructed in Gavar, Martuni and Vardenis.
Also, Marmarik reservoir was officially put into operation in 2014
which allows regulating river flows and using water for irrigation
purposes.
From: Baghdasarian
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