Moldova - Water pollution

Water pollution, food industry (% of total BOD emissions)

Water pollution, food industry (% of total BOD emissions) in Moldova was 95.21 as of 2007. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 97.26 in 2002, while its lowest value was 93.61 in 1996.

Definition: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: food and beverages (31). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.

Source: 1998 study by Hemamala Hettige, Muthukumara Mani, and David Wheeler, ""Industrial Pollution in Economic Development: Kuznets Revisited"" (available at www.worldbank.org/nipr). The data were updated by the World Bank's Development Research Group using the same methodology as the initial study.

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Year Value
1996 93.61
1997 96.27
1998 96.56
1999 96.81
2000 96.97
2001 96.77
2002 97.26
2003 96.59
2004 96.23
2005 95.59
2006 95.70
2007 95.21

Water pollution, other industry (% of total BOD emissions)

Water pollution, other industry (% of total BOD emissions) in Moldova was 0.95 as of 2007. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 3.34 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.46 in 2002.

Definition: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: other (38 and 39). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.

Source: 1998 study by Hemamala Hettige, Muthukumara Mani, and David Wheeler, ""Industrial Pollution in Economic Development: Kuznets Revisited"" (available at www.worldbank.org/nipr). The data were updated by the World Bank's Development Research Group using the same methodology as the initial study.

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Year Value
1996 3.34
1997 1.69
1998 1.29
1999 1.05
2000 0.77
2001 0.92
2002 0.46
2003 0.93
2004 1.05
2005 1.02
2006 0.98
2007 0.95

Water pollution, paper and pulp industry (% of total BOD emissions)

Water pollution, paper and pulp industry (% of total BOD emissions) in Moldova was 3.84 as of 2007. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 3.84 in 2007, while its lowest value was 2.04 in 1997.

Definition: Industry shares of emissions of organic water pollutants refer to emissions from manufacturing activities as defined by two-digit divisions of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 2: paper and pulp (34). Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.

Source: 1998 study by Hemamala Hettige, Muthukumara Mani, and David Wheeler, ""Industrial Pollution in Economic Development: Kuznets Revisited"" (available at www.worldbank.org/nipr). The data were updated by the World Bank's Development Research Group using the same methodology as the initial study.

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Year Value
1996 3.05
1997 2.04
1998 2.15
1999 2.14
2000 2.26
2001 2.30
2002 2.28
2003 2.48
2004 2.73
2005 3.38
2006 3.32
2007 3.84

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Water pollution