Tbilisi: The National Environment Agency of Georgia continues to monitor the Black Sea’s water quality. The agency’s team once again checked the waters as part of its monthly routine.
It is specifically mentioned that the members of the National Environmental Agency of Georgia conduct the monitoring process to assess the level of pollution. The agency uses many hydrobiological and chemical parameters to conclude the exact result.
These parameters include a procedure to check the concentration of 13 heavy metals, total petroleum hydrocarbons, 16 polyaromatic hydrocarbons and other physicochemicals.
The monitoring process is carried out at twelve specific points after the water samples are taken here. Now the research on the samples taken from the Black Sea will be carried out in the accredited laboratory of atmospheric air, water and soil analysis of the National Environment Agency.
The laboratory is equipped with high-precision analytical tools and fully meets modern requirements and standards to check the water quality in these areas as well. It should be noted that in accordance with the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive the National Environment Agency is actively working on improving the monitoring system. At this stage the implementation of new parameter analysis methods is underway.
According to the laboratory studies carried out by the agency the quality of the Black Sea water is within the norm on the entire perimeter of the coast which is a good news for the country.
The Georgian government agencies responsible for water assessment are taking many measures to improve the quality of sea waters and Georgian coastlines. At present the increasing level of pollution in water bodies has become a global problem.
Polluted water bodies have also created problems for the surrounding flora and fauna of coastal areas. Many international legal agencies have been taking steps in this direction. National and regional efforts are being enhanced so that the problem of coastal pollution can be reduced with immediate effects.
