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Final SEA Report on the Aragvi River Basin, 30 March 2010, Page 36<br />

Black Sea, resulting in the contamination of water and marine sediments with heavy oil<br />

components.<br />

Additionally, surface water resources in some areas receive untreated biological wastes from<br />

medical facilities; receiving waters for medical wastes include: (1) the Kvabliani river and its<br />

tributary the Otskhe river downstream of Abastumani village; (2) The Mtkvari river and its<br />

tributaries of the Borjomula river and the Gujaretistskali river in the Borjomi region; (3) the<br />

Mtkvari river and its tributary the Ksani river in the Mtskheta region: and (4) the Vere river<br />

within Tbilisi city limits.<br />

Georgia is party to international agreements on Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change,<br />

Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer<br />

Protection, Ship Pollution, and Wetlands.<br />

Natural hazards include earthquakes, which must be considered for the construction of<br />

hydroelectric dam projects.<br />

(Sources: Threat <strong>Assessment</strong> Department, US Navy <strong>Environmental</strong> & Preventive Medicine<br />

Unit 2; CIA World Fact Book 2009)

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