Georgia marks Mtkvari River Protection Day
Mtkvari is one of Georgia’s main aquatic arteries. Its basin includes north-eastern Turkey, central and eastern Georgia, almost the whole of Azerbaijan, Armenia and north-western Iran. Photo: IPN.
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Georgia and the neighbouring countries of Azerbaijan and Armenia are marking Mtkvari Protection Day of the shared Mtkvari River.
The day has been celebrated in Georgia since 1999.
Andro Aslanishvili, head of the National Environmental Agency of Georgia and experts in water quality, atmospheric air and soil quality have taken samples of the Mtkvari river. Tests will be conducted for organic and inorganic contaminants and heavy metals in the agency’s laboratory, the results of which will be known in a few days.
Tests will be conducted for organic and inorganic contaminants and heavy metals in the laboratory of the National Environmental Protection Agency. Photo: IPN.
The National Environment Agency monthly monitors the quality of the river at 19 different points.
Mtkvari is one of Georgia’s main aquatic arteries. Its basin includes north-eastern Turkey, central and eastern Georgia, almost the whole of Azerbaijan, Armenia and north-western Iran.
The total area of the river basin is 188,000 square kilometres.
Tbilisi City Hall has launched a project to clean the Mtkvari River after the Estonian Embassy to Georgia posted photos of the polluted river on Facebook earlier today.
Today Georgia and its neighboring countries-Armenia and Azerbaijan mark the Protection Day of a shared river, the Mtkvari.
Georgia is building a new $131 million USD hydro power plant on Mtkvari River in the country’s south. The Mtkvari HPP investment project was introduced yesterday by investors and officials.
Georgia and Turkey are jointly looking at ways to deepen energy cooperation and build a hydroelectric power plant on the river Mtkvari that originates in Turkey, runs eastward across Georgia and Azerbaijan, emptying into the Caspian Sea.