Moldova and Ukraine have not reached a consensus on the volume of water to be discharged from the Novodnestrovsk reservoir. During the meeting of the Nistru Commission, the Ukrainian side initially proposed a flow rate of 22 cubic meters per second, while Chisinau requested the maintenance of a larger volume, reports IPN.
“Following the examination of the hydrological situation, the Ukrainian side initially proposed to discharge towards the Republic of Moldova only the volume of water that actually enters the Novodnestrovsk lake – that is, an average of only 22 cubic meters per second. Subsequently, although our arguments led them to accept an increase in the flow rate, however, the adjustment was not sufficient to reach a consensus,” says the Minister of Environment, Gheorghe Hajder.
According to him, the proposed reduction in flow would have been too abrupt, given that currently 60 cubic meters of water are being discharged per second. In the absence of an agreement, the Moldovan side proposed postponing the meeting and resuming discussions in the following days.
The data from the Ministry of Environment shows that, in the first half of this month, the daily average of water inflows into the Novodnestrovsk reservoir was only 22.7 cubic meters per second, while the discharges were maintained at 60 cubic meters per second, according to the decision of the Nistru Commission from August 28.
