Site Contamination Problems in the Republic of Latvia: Ongoing Clean-up Activities and Future Pollution Prevention Plans

Abstract

Today the problem of site pollution in the Republic of Latvia is becoming more and more important not only as an environmental problem, but also as one, which hinders the growth of economics because it creates difficulties for investments. In the Environmental Policy Plan of Latvia, officially approved in 1995, the site pollution problem was not identified as the first priority. At that period such issues as drinking water supply & wastewater treatment, waste management and air pollution problems were considered as more urgent. Presently situation has changed and site contamination problem is one of those which needs be solved within the near future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010591

Entities

People

  • Ilgonis Strauss
  • Ivan Semyoniv
  • Una Blumberga

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pollution
  • Contamination
  • Drinking Water
  • Environment
  • Environmental Management
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Protection
  • Groundwater
  • Hazardous Substances
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Military Facilities
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Waste Management
  • Water
  • Water Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design