2024-09-08 17:05:30
Within two weeks, the Bulgarian Water and Sewer Holding and the water operators must present to the Ministry of the Environment and Water a vision and measures to deal with the water crisis. This includes rehabilitation of the network as well as proposals for possible alternative water supply.
A reference to the page of the Eco-Ministry shows that at the moment there is a serious drop in water quantities in most dams, reports BNT. The Ministry of Education and Culture pays special attention to the “Kamchia”, “Yasna Polyana”, “Asenovets”, “Ticha”, “Kalin” and “Karagyol” dams. According to the water distribution report for September, some of them are 80% empty.
“At the moment we are seeing a rather long dry period, which we have had since the beginning of the year, with a short break in May. 600 settlements are already on water regime, not that we have not had such droughts before, we have had even more severe ones, but this drought coincides with high temperatures, the warmest summer on record, all of which lead to drier, more fire-prone, more waterless weather -warm or is in the top two or three of this ranking,” said Simeon Matev, climatologist.