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 |
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