Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 4 / Trend , M.Aliyev/
The Azerbaijani Environmental and Natural Resources Ministry held regular monitoring of pollution in the transboundary Kur and Araz rivers during the third week of October, the ministry told Trend today.
Water consumption in the Kur River fell by 41 cubic meters per second to 146 cubic meters per from the second week of October.
The monitoring found that phenol and copper are strong pollutants. Biogenic substances exceeded the norm at points where the river is subjected to transboundary contamination in Georgia and Armenia.
Water flow in the Araz River was 95.8 cubic meters per second.
The water's oxygen regime at all points fell within the corridor of 5.46 to 6.70 milligrams per liter.
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