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Environment Quality Monitoring Department
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Environmental Quality Monitoring Department (EQMD)
in the frame of the State Hydrometeorological Service performs systematic
ecological monitoring of the environmental objects quality (surface water, air, soil, γ-radiation etc.) on
a basis of the monitoring network throughout the entire territory of the Republic of Moldova.
The national monitoring system was established
in the sixth decade of the last century and systematic observations started in 1980 with the
purpose of:
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monitoring of the environmental quality and determining the pollution level; |
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detection of extremely high pollution of surface water, air and soil; |
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prevention and mitigation of anthropogenic impact on the environment and population;
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emergency warning about extremely high pollution of environmental objects;
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systematic informing of the public on the environmental quality.
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Being provided with adequate human and technical potential, as well as holding the
Accreditation Certificate SNA MD CAECP LÎ 01 220 from 23 February 2010, according to international standard ISO/CEI 17025,
the EQMD includes 7 subdivisions:
At present the national monitoring system contributes to solving the most
important problems related to environmental quality, to integration of environmental issues in the economic
sector as well as to promotion of sustainable development.
The subdivisions of EQMD activate in the frame of the following organizations:
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International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River;
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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;
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Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents;
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Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution,as well as according to other national
and regional bilateral and multilateral agreements.
EQMD provides the following services:
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the pollution degree of surface and potable water;
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the pollution degree and fertility of soil;
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the pollution degree of ambient air in the area of monitoring posts;
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radioactive background level.
Contacts:
Chief
of EQMD
Gavril Gîlcă
- tel:(022) 76-68-55
e-mail:
Deputy Chief of EQMD
Svetlana Ştirbu
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tel:(022)
76-24-66
e-mail:
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