It is unclear whether contaminated drinking water in the Latvian river Marupe

At the disposal of the State Environmental Service has no test results of water from the pond Maras, from the Daugava River and from wells residents Mārupe region, BelTA BakuToday director of the supervisory department of the service Inese Kuhmahere. For testing are required, at least daily. Consequently, the results of samples taken on July 4, will be known, most likely tomorrow.

“The more water the more soluble chemical pollution. Which reached the Daugava River polluted water is very diluted, and the damage can not be the same as in Marupe, where the pollution was concentrated,” – said the expert.

As already reported BakuToday, Environmental accident occurred at Marupe in a fire in a warehouse complex Baltais vējš on the night of July 3.

 

 


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