Pollution In The Gulf Of Burgas
Arriving at Burgas you'll see both the best and the worst of what the coast has to offer: while glorious beaches and rich wetland reserves lie a few kilometres away both north and south, the city itself is one of the most polluted in Bulgaria. The Black Sea as a whole is in a sorry state. Rivers such as the Don, Dniestr, Dniepr and Danube carry the waste products of a vast industrial hinterland into a sea which is largely closed - only the Bosphorus to the south provides an outlet for the accumulated gunk. The depths of the Black Sea have always been low on oxygen, leaving only a thin upper layer of water capable of sustaining life. Twentieth-century pollution is rendering this layer thinner than ever, and intensive fishing threatens to reduce even further the stock of marine animals this once-rich body of water contained. Dolphins , previously a common sight off the Bulgarian shore, are increasingly rare: the fish they used to feed off are gone. Burgas' problems are compounded by the presence of a vast chemicals plant, Lukoil Neftohim , on the western outskirts of town (you're sure to pass it if entering or leaving the city by train). Neftohim's waste products used to be diluted in a series of water tanks before being released into the gulf, but during the Communist period few paid attention to the kind of toxins which were allowed to seep into the sea this way. Nowadays emissions of this kind are more closely monitored - funds permitting - and stiff fines imposed on transgressors, but the Gulf of Burgas remains pretty ugly. The tankers and cargo ships frequenting the port here all shed a little oil from time to time, and the currents in the gulf tend to circulate within the bay itself instead of diluting these concentrations of waste in the open sea. Nevertheless, locals continue to patronize Burgas' municipal beaches in large numbers, either to sunbathe or indulge in a variety of water sports; the long concrete pier is a magnet for teenagers, who use it as a diving platform. However, neighbouring resorts don't seem to have been affected by the city's environmental problems. Coastal waters around Nesebar to the north or Sozopol to the south are remarkably pure, and you shouldn't have any qualms about bathing there.
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