Reports on Environment and Urban Development for Alaverdy

GEO ALAVERDI: ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

In 2007 there were 13 stationary pollution sources, two of which had de fi ned permissible records of pollution quantity; and the total number of emissions from the static pollution sources was 25,2 thousand tones that were completely released into the atmosphere.

Table 3.2 Atmospheric speci fi c emissions by some cities of the Republic, 2007

Quantity of hazardous substances emitted into atmosphere from stationary sources of emission, t

Atmospheric speci fi c emissions

per capita, kg

per square km, kg

per organization, t

Yerevan

2989,9 1776,3

2,7

13171,4

6,7

Ararat

85,8 296050,0

222,0

Alaverdi Hrazdan Vanadzor

25176,2 1573,5 2098016,7

2517,6

1680,9

31,8

84045,0 1977,8

98,9

53,4 36,8

0,5 0,2

1,3

Gyumri 1,0 Source: Environment and natural resources in RA for 2007, National Statistical Service of Armenia, Yerevan, 2008, p.47 99,4% of the emissions into the atmosphere are of sulfur anhydride (25021,4 tones); carbon oxide comprised 0,1% (27,4 tones). The total quantity of the heavy metals in the ambient air was 38,6 tones. The amount of dust released into the 736,0

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