CONTRACTUAL ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE

·     In 2007 the Institute worked out a number of important projects for the development of water management business of Georgia, to be implemented without budgetary fundning. Several contractual projects have been implemented for naturally-hazardous districts of Georgia:

Ø  development of measures for the protection of Shio Mghvime monastery from mudflows (financial support from the Bank “Republic”);

Ø  ecological assessment of the head-race of the small electric power station in the river Stori basin (financial support from the US Department of Power Engineering – “Winrock”);

Ø  lithological studies of the areas lying in the municipality of the town of Sighnaghi – near the village of Vakiri, and the town of Tsnori, Sighnaghi district (financial support of the joint Stock Company “Bagrationi - 1882”);

Ø  lithological studies of the area adjoining the village of Giorgitsminda, Sagarejo district (under the financial support of the joint Stock Company “Bagrationi - 1882”);

Ø  rehabilitation of the motorway section, fallen into disuse in Erekle II Street, Sighnaghi (supported financially by Sighnaghi municipality);

Ø  preparation of a project for the restoration of the eroded slopes and pastures at the village of Jvarboseli in Mtatusheti (under the financial support of the World Bank); the project was implemented in October-November 2007 (see photo 6);

Ø  working out measures for planting trees and gardens and combating erosion of the mountain slope of the Traceca corridor in Gldani area (under financial support of the Department of Motorways); implemented in October-November 2007;

Ø  ecological assessment of the grass cover of B.Paichadze National Stadium, its soils – both surfacial and brought from elsewhere; also investigation of the chemical composition of subterranean waters with a view to irrigating the earth cover of the stadium (under financial support of the management of the Stadium).

EXPERT ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE

(2006-2008)

The Institute takes an active part in expert activity, which is of major importance for the development of the country. To this end, several projects, important for the country, were subjected to expertise at the request of the Ministry of Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources:

Ø  ecological expertise of a project on the assessment of a mini-power station on the environment in the village of Kakhareti, Adigeni district;

Ø  state ecological expertise of a project of rehabilitation of a mini-hydroelectric power station in Misaktsieli village, Mtskheta district;

Ø  expertise of a detailed project on the rehabilitation of the main canal and headwork in the Imirasan (Bolnisi) irrigation system;

Ø  expert conclusion on the hydrological documentation of the rehabilitation of the main gas pipeline D-2500 mm Karabakh-Tbilisi, at 471.8-473.3 km, at crossing the Mtkvari (Kura);

Ø  ecological expertise of the project, “Assessment of the impact of the East-West motorway Aghaiani-Igoeti E-60 on the environment”;

Ø  ecological expertise of the project “Assessment of the ecological impact on the reconstruction-modernization section (56-80 km) E-60 of the main motorway Igoeti-Sveneti”;

Ø  ecological expertise of the project, “Assessment of the ecological impact on the reconstruction-modernization section (85-95 km) of the motorway Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze and Sveneti-Ruisi”;

Ø  ecological expertise of the project, “Construction-reconstruction work on the motorway
(80-95 km) Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze and Sveneti-Ruisi”;

Ø  ecological expertise of the project, “Hydrotechnical (construction) part crossed by an oil-retaining secondary structure of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline”;

Ø  ecological expertise of part of the project, ”Hydrotechnical calculations of the free channel crossed by the oil-retaining secondary structure of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC);

Ø    Assessment of Environmental Impact caused by the Rioni Hydro Power Plant;

Ø    Assessment of Environmental Impact caused by the Shaori Hydro Power Plant;

Ø    Assessment of Environmental Impact caused by the Lajanuri Hydro Power Plant;

Ø    Assessment of Environmental Impact caused by the Kakhareti Hydro Power Plant;

Ø    Assessment of Environmental Impact caused by the Achara Hydro Power Plant;

Ø    Assessment of Environmental Impact caused by the Gumati Hydro Power Plant;

Ø    Assessment of Environmental Impact caused by the Zevrula Hydro Power Plant.