Armenia pollutes the Okçuçay River in Karabakh

The Okçuçay River, located in Zangilan province in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, is polluted by waste thrown by Armenian businesses. Water and sediment samples are collected on a regular basis for analysis in order to determine the quality of water in Liberated Zone water bodies. As a result of the samples collected, it was determined that the Okçuçay River in Zangilan province was contaminated by wastewater from the Gafan and Gacaran copper-molybdenum plants, both of which are located on Armenian territory. The facilities in Armenia discharge their wastewater into the river without treatment, polluting the river with heavy metals.