Pollution Load

An inventory of the total pollution loads to the Caspian Sea shows the extent of different type of pollutants and their origins. The table points out type and location of major polluting industries.

 

Total pollution load of BOD and E. coli to the Caspian Sea

 

 

Total pollution load of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Caspian Sea

 

 

Total pollution load of Hg and Cd to the Caspian Sea

 

 

Petroleum Hydrocarbon Input - Caspian Sea

 

The major polluting industrial sectors identified in the Caspian Region

Area/Country

Industrial Sectors

Sumgayit/Azerbaijan

Power Plants
Petrochemical Industry
Inorganic Chemical Industry
Organic Chemical Industry

Baku/Azerbaijan

Power Plants
Refineries
Oil & Gas Exploitation
Metal Works
Shipyards
Harbours

Absheron Peninsula/Azerbaijan

Breweries
Meat Processing
Oil & Gas Exploitation

Northern Azerbaijan

Beverages
Fruit & Vegetable Processing

Southern Azerbaijan

Fish Processing
Fruit & Vegetable processing

Guila Region/I.R. Iran

Food Industries
Wood & Paper Industry
Electronic Manufacturing

Atyrau Region/Kazakhstan

Oil Refinery
Power Plant
Fish Processing
Oil & Gas Exploitation

Mangistau Region/Kazakhstan

Power Plants
Inorganic Chemical Industry
Aktau Harbour
Oil & Gas Exploitation

Astrakhan Region/ Russia

Fish Processing
Gas Refinery
Power Plant
Shipyards
Harbour

Dagestan Republic/Russia

Electronic Manufacturing
Beverages
Oil & Gas Exploitation

Turkmenistan

Oil Refinery
Power Plant
Shipyard
Inorganic Chemical Industry
Oil & Gas exploitation
Harbours

Treatment scenarios

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