Russian Governor Says Amur Water Cleared After 2005 Benzene Pollution
Posted on: Friday, 17 March 2006, 06:00 CST
Khabarovsk, 17 March: Concentration of chemical agents in the water of the River Amur in the area of the diversion dam on the Kazakevich waterway does not exceed the permissible level, Khabarovsk Territory governor Viktor Ishayev, told the press here on Friday [17 March].
The dam was built 60 km up the river from Khabarovsk in December 2005 to protect the city water intakes at the time when a nitrobenzene slick, caused by a blast at a Chinese petrochemical plant in early November, was flowing by.
The Chinese, on whose territory the dam was constructed, will start dismantling it on 19 March, Ishayev said. Meanwhile, Russian experts continue environmental monitoring. A stock of activated carbon has been placed in store and alternative sources of water supply to the city have been prepared in case the concentration of pollutants in Amur rises during the ice-melting season, he said.
Source: BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union
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