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ILLEGAL DOWN-WELLS IN ARMENIA'S ARARAT VALLEY TO BE CLOSED OR PLUGGED THIS YEAR
YEREVAN, July 18. /ARKA/. Illegal down-wells in Ararat Valley will
be closed or plugged before the end of this year, Armenian Nature
Protection Minister Aramais Grigoryan said Thursday at a regular
Cabinet meeting.
According to the government's figures, about 50% of underground water
resources are concentrated in the Ararat Artesian Basin. A great
number of down wells have been dug for decades. Many of them are
illegal and water is taken from them by using pumps and this leads
to pollution of wells.
Grigoryan said the government has earmarked AMD 107.5 million for
closing or plugging of illegal down wells.
The minister said some 40 down wells are planned to be closed or
plugged in the third quarter alone.
On July 10, 2013, the Armenian government set a price for consumption
water - 15 drams per one cubic meter of deep water and 5 drams for
one cubic meter of surface water. Before that this water was consumed
for free.
The money received from this will be spent on plugging some 700
illegal wells in Ararat Valley.
The government says about AMD 4 million is needed to plug one well.
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YEREVAN, July 18. /ARKA/. Illegal down-wells in Ararat Valley will
be closed or plugged before the end of this year, Armenian Nature
Protection Minister Aramais Grigoryan said Thursday at a regular
Cabinet meeting.
According to the government's figures, about 50% of underground water
resources are concentrated in the Ararat Artesian Basin. A great
number of down wells have been dug for decades. Many of them are
illegal and water is taken from them by using pumps and this leads
to pollution of wells.
Grigoryan said the government has earmarked AMD 107.5 million for
closing or plugging of illegal down wells.
The minister said some 40 down wells are planned to be closed or
plugged in the third quarter alone.
On July 10, 2013, the Armenian government set a price for consumption
water - 15 drams per one cubic meter of deep water and 5 drams for
one cubic meter of surface water. Before that this water was consumed
for free.
The money received from this will be spent on plugging some 700
illegal wells in Ararat Valley.
The government says about AMD 4 million is needed to plug one well.
($1 - AMD 407.19). ---0----
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/illegal_down_wells_in_armenia_s_ararat_valley_to_b e_closed_or_plugged_this_year/#sthash.UmXMuLsV.dpuf