EPMIB Supervision Results 2024 – Water Resources Use and Preservation Sector

February 20, 2025

During 2024, the Environmental Protection and Mining Inspection Body (EPMIB) recorded:

  • 160 violations, including:
    • 62 in fish farming
    • 35 in electricity production
    • 23 in food service, hotels, entertainment, and recreation
    • 17 in water supply and water use
    • 23 in other areas

Enforcement measures:

  • 128 administrative penalties
  • Fines imposed: AMD 68,500,000

Calculated damage: AMD 431,159,194

Activities suspended:

  • 80 cases of operations without permits due to illegal water use

As a result of inspections, approximately 790 liters per second, or 11,000,000 m³ per year, of illegal water use was prevented.

Source: Annual report on the activities of the Environmental Protection and Mining Inspection Body for 2024

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