Water supply is provided with restrictions due to the drought in 658 localities, of which 270 do not have centralized water systems and have dry wells, and two rivers in the Argeş-Vedea hydrographic area have completely dried up.
Water restrictions in hundreds of localities PHOTO: Archive
“Currently, 388 localities, of which 8 cities/municipalities (Târgu Lăpuş, Hârlău and partially the towns of Novaci, Paşcani, Târgu Neamţ, Solca, Dorohoi and the municipality of Iaşi) have centralized water supply systems and are affected by the shortage of the reserve of water, the water supply being ensured with difficulty, with restrictions/intermittently in certain time intervals”, ANAR announced on Facebook.
The most affected counties are: Botoşani – 114 localities, Iaşi – 85 localities, Vrancea – 36 localities, Gorj – 28 localities, Bacău – 17 localities, Bihor – 15 localities, Neamţ – 13 localities, Maramureş and Galati – 11 localities, Vaslui – 10 localities, Mehedinţi – 9 localities, Dâmboviţa and Argeş – 7 localities, Braşov and Giurgiu – 6 localities, Hunedoara – 4 localities, Olt – 3 localities, Teleorman and Suceava – 2 localities, Caraş-Severin and Dolj – 1 locality.
The prolonged drought has affected 270 localities that do not have centralized water supply systems, but only individual sources, their wells have dried up. The most localities in this situation are in the counties: Botoşani – 154 localities, including Dorohoi Municipality, Vaslui – 60 localities, Bacău – 18 localities, Neamţ – 12 localities, Iaşi – 7 localities, Galati – 5 localities, Olt, Prahova and Suceava – 3 localities, Mehedinţi, Vrancea and Gorj – 1 locality.
Two rivers have completely dried up
Also, two rivers, the Glavacioc river (Crovu hydrometric station) and the Sabar river (Poenari hydrometric station), from the Argeş-Vedea hydrographic area, have completely dried up, according to Agerpres.
The filling factor in the main 40 reservoirs is 75%, the target set for the end of August, and the volume is 3.27 billion cubic meters of water.
As for the flows of the Danube at the entrance to the country, they are around 2,900 mc/s and will reach 2,600 mc/s on September 2, being below the multi-annual average of August (4,300 mc/s) and September (3,800 mc/s). In August 2022, the Danube flows were around 1,750 m3/s. The historical minimum was reached in 2003 at the value of 1,500 mc/s, states ANAR.
The sectors on the Danube river and its branches (Măcin, Borcea, Chilia, Tulcea and Sulina), related to 49 localities, are in the alert-warning phase. Also, 42 sectors out of the 120 drought monitoring sections (relevant for water uses) are below the minimum flows necessary to satisfy water requirements.
Currently, there are no water supply problems at the Cernavodă nuclear power plant.
“The level of the Danube from the mira at the hydrometric station Cernavodă is -1.14 meters, until the application of the first stage of restrictions, there is a difference in level of 48 cm”, states Romanian Waters.
