JPRS ID: 9713 WORLDWIDE REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

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6 May 1~81
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E~IVlRO~~NIENTAL ~UALITY
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.7PRS L/9713
6 May 19 81
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WORLD~IIDE REPORT
- ENVIRONMENTAL ~UALITY
- (FOUO 3/81)
COlVTFN TS
L.aTIN AMERICA
CUBA
Plans To Clean Up Havana Bay Discussed
(Gregorio Hernandez; BOHEMIA, 20 Feh $1) 1
USSR
Methods, Means of Controlling Air Pollution
;A1'fr~ed Vi.ktorovich Primak, Aleksandr Nazarovich
Shche_ban'; METODY I SREDSTVA KONTROLYA ZAGRYAZTTENIYA
' ATMOS~'EgY, 1980) 3 .
Economic~ of Clean Air
(Oleg Fedoravi,ch Balatskiy; EKONOMIKA CHISTOGO VOZDUKHA,
� 22 May 79) 12
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PLANS TO CLEAN UP HAVANA BAY DISCUSSED
Havana BOHEMIA i.n Spanish 20 reb 81 p 32 .
[Article by Gregorio Hernandez]
(Text] The news read as follows: "Havana (AIN) 25 November--A m3nor fire broke
out yesterday morning on one side of Havana Bay� burning oil that had accumulated
on the water. No human or material damage resulted." -
Thzs incident, which fortunately had no major consequences, brings up a matter ~f _
cardinal importance: the problem of the contamination or pollution of Havana City
Bay.
In going into the issue more deeply, we should point out that among the main causes
or pollutants of. Havana Bay waters are oil spills, the dumping of industrial waste
and sewage from t~e city and the uncontrolled disposal of toxic and other su~-
- stances into the ocea*~.
What will the effect of this be? Serious damage will be done to living resources,
there will be a great risk to human health, and marine activities, including fish-
ing, will be affected. The useful li.fe of concrete, steei and other type facili-
ties at the poxt will be shortened.
The problem of the pollution of Havana Bay is not a new one. Concern began to be
- manifested as early as a century ago. In 1886, a proposal was worked out ared pub-
lished in New York that same year under the title "Study of Sanitation to Protect
the Pcrt of Havana." The learned Carlos J. Finlay participated in the project.
- In the early decades of this century, scientists expressed theix coacern over
_ this serious situation, but as one might suppose, nothing much was done. `
Naturally, a brand-~z~w minister of publi~c works in the Batista regime made a
bombastic announcement in 19.55 of a project for the improvement, moder+nization,
sanitation, dredging and so on, of Havana Bay, including the construction of a
canal connecting with the Cojimar River, which would be completel.y dredged and
_ channeled for thP entry and exit of small boats, leaving the main canal for larger
vessels. It was later shown that this "pro~ect" ~~as nothing more than a screen to
hide fraudulent dealings, for no plans or descriptions or anything of the sort
were ever found and a project of this scope could not have gone uZnoticed. -
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