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Oct 1 2011
Rise in level of Armenia's Lake Sevan creates serious problems
October 01, 2011 | 02:57
Level of Armenia's Lake Sevan is 1,900.34 meters as of September 1,
2011, due to which problems have risen with respect to cleaning the
lakeshore's forest-covered under-water areas, notes Armenian Ministry
of Nature Protection's `Program for Restoration and Protection of Lake
Sevan's Ecosystems' introduced to the Government. The large amount of
organic material, which has remained under water, is polluting the
water. Numerous constructions and infrastructure, which have likewise
remained under water, are causing serious problems, too.
In order to secure the water's high quality, it is important to
rapidly improve the situation connected with the great amount of
non-purified wastewater spilling into the Lake. Lake Sevan's fish
population has stood out by its uniqueness. And reduction in the
Lake's level, and overuse of its life sources and lack of their
regular monitoring have changed the Lake's biodiversity and severely
reduced its fish sources. And reduction in the number of fish spices
resulted in an intensive accumulation of organic material in the
Lake's ecosystem and in acceleration of swamplands, which likewise
adversely affects Lake Sevan's water ecosystem.
Oct 1 2011
Rise in level of Armenia's Lake Sevan creates serious problems
October 01, 2011 | 02:57
Level of Armenia's Lake Sevan is 1,900.34 meters as of September 1,
2011, due to which problems have risen with respect to cleaning the
lakeshore's forest-covered under-water areas, notes Armenian Ministry
of Nature Protection's `Program for Restoration and Protection of Lake
Sevan's Ecosystems' introduced to the Government. The large amount of
organic material, which has remained under water, is polluting the
water. Numerous constructions and infrastructure, which have likewise
remained under water, are causing serious problems, too.
In order to secure the water's high quality, it is important to
rapidly improve the situation connected with the great amount of
non-purified wastewater spilling into the Lake. Lake Sevan's fish
population has stood out by its uniqueness. And reduction in the
Lake's level, and overuse of its life sources and lack of their
regular monitoring have changed the Lake's biodiversity and severely
reduced its fish sources. And reduction in the number of fish spices
resulted in an intensive accumulation of organic material in the
Lake's ecosystem and in acceleration of swamplands, which likewise
adversely affects Lake Sevan's water ecosystem.