Tavrino

Setting

Tavrino stands where the Marnaqui crosses the central plains, the river running through the town from the west. The Marnaqui is the longest river of the Republic, rising on the eastern side of the divide at Ilvara and ending in the Ravelluri lagoon at Marendo. The chemical works are on the river below the town. The sub-region is in the continental interior, with a July mean of 23.8 °C and 480 to 690 mm of rain a year.

History

The chemical works were expanded under the Directorate, and the reach below them was biologically dead by 1966. The Cortius Report of 1968 recorded the finding and was suppressed on completion. Remediation began in 1977, and the first fish were recorded in the reach in 1994. Contaminated sites are inventoried, published and remediated on a binding timetable under Article 34(4), and the Marnaqui entry is the oldest on the national list.

Work and provision

Chemicals and pharmaceuticals produced within the release ceilings of Article 23(1)(g), remediation works, and the river monitoring station whose continuous measurements supply the published record required by Article 35(1).

Government

Elected communal council under Article 141(2).