New station measures air pollution levels in Georgia
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Georgia is improving air quality monitoring to ensure that air quality throughout the country meets European standards.
Georgia’s Ministry of Environment and Agriculture launched a mobile automatic station for monitoring atmospheric air quality today in Tbilisi. Thanks to this station, it will be possible to measure the air quality in the capital of Tbilisi and other regions of the country.
The mobile station has already measured air quality in Europe Square and Rose Square in Tbilisi, where air indicators were normal, announced the ministry.
Meanwhile, to protect and maintain fresh air in the country, Georgia’s Ministry of Environment has been installing a special automatic monitoring system to measure pollution levels in the country.
These monitoring systems have already been introduced to Georgia’s western city of Kutaisi and the Black Sea resort town of Batumi.
Rustavi is the next city in Georgia where the monitoring system is planned to be installed.
Improving air quality standards in Georgia is one of the commitments of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement signed in June 2014.
At yesterday’s presentation Agency officials said much of next year would be focused on air pollution; such as monitoring current air pollution levels, reducing pollution levels and mitigating the effects of current pollution issues.
Today head of Tbilisi City Council Giorgi Alibegashvili watched as dozens of new devices measuring air pollution levels were installed in Freedom Square in central Tbilisi.
Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi is ‘going green’ and will soon become an ecologically clean city with healthy and attractive environments, pledged Tbilisi City Hall.
To protect and maintain fresh air in the country, Georgia’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection has installed a special automatic monitoring system to measure pollution levels in the country.
Georgia’s National Agency of Environment has reported based on the latest data of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the air pollution in the country equals the average air pollution levels of Eastern European countries.
The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has welcomed the World Health Organisation’s new report in which Georgia’s results in terms of healthcare and air pollution level have shown an improvement. The improved indicators are the result of joint efforts by Georgia and WHO during last two years, the NCDC said.
The government of Georgia has approved the atmospheric air standard, which will enter into force starting from August 1, 2018, announces the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture.
The government has two priorities in this strategy: neutralise the results of previously careless environmental management and preserve existing natural resources in a way to ensure that Georgia is perceived as a country with a green economy.
A recent study by the National Environmental Agency (NEA) shows that most air pollutants are within the normal range in Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi.
The latest and most reliable information on air conditions across Georgia is now available online.
The National Environment Agency of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture has installed a new air monitoring station in Rustavi today.
The Environmental Supervision Department of Georgia has launched a fuel quality monitoring programme in the country. 120 samples of fuel will be taken from fuel stations around the country without prior notice to gas station employees.
The Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze has initiated to prohibit driving private vehicles on weekends. He said that only public transport, including Metro and buses may be authorized to operate.
Air pollutant levels from 25 cities of Georgia will be analyzed in the UK, reports the National Environmental Agency (NEA). The agency has launched the 19th phase of atmospheric air measurements, which will determine the level of ozone, nitrogen dioxide and benzene in the air.
A new automatic station has been added to the network of air quality monitoring infrastructure of the National Environment Agency in capital Tbilisi as part of the latest additions for improving monitoring of particles in the air of the city.