Specialists of the State Hydrometeorology Service said the rain that fell recently in not enough for the level of water in rivers and lakes to rise significantly. Therefore, the yellow code warning for hydrological drought was extended until April 29 for small rivers and lakes. For that reason, the population and business entities are urged to rationally use the water resources.
Contacted by IPN, the head of the Service’s Hydrological Forecasts Center Valentina Ceres said the hydrological drought is not typical for this period of the year. Though the level of water in rivers rose by 10-15 cm, this didn’t reduce considerably the drought and the volume of water remains rather small. However, the yellow and orange code advisories for large rivers were dropped as the volume of water in these increased.
“The volume of water discharged into the Prut and Nistru Rivers was raised. Water is discharged from the Costesti-Stanca reservoir and the level of water in the Prut increased to over 50% of the norm. This is not much, but a yellow code warning is not necessary anymore. The volume of water discharged from the Dnestrovsk reservoir into the Nistru was also augmented. The speed of water there is now 300 cubic meters per second. At the water pumping station in Vadul lui Voda, the level of water is of over 9 meters already. So, Chisinau will not remain without water,” stated Valentina Ceres.
Director of the Agency “Moldova’s Water” Arcadii Calaras has told IPN that the water resources must be used rationally not only when there are hydrological drought advisories. If the water is used to supply end-users, to irrigate crops, in pisciculture and for other purposes, an authorization is needed from the authorities.
Arcadii Calaras noted that the people can contribute to protecting the water flows by planting buffer strips for example. Such measures help maintain biodiversity and lead to a better regeneration capacity of the water resources.
