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4 th DANUBE ACADEMIES CONFERENCE Science and European Danube Strategy. Current state of Prut River. Acad. Prof. Gheorghe Duca President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. 10 th of April 2013. General context. Water resources of Moldova :
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4th DANUBE ACADEMIES CONFERENCE Science and European Danube Strategy Current state of Prut River Acad. Prof. Gheorghe Duca President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova 10thof April 2013
General context Water resources ofMoldova: • 3621 rivers and rills with total length about 16.000 km, • 4117 natural lakes and artificial ponds, • 7.000 fountains • 166.500 wells of groundwater. • 13,2 bill.m3- surface of water resources • 2,8 bill. m3 - reserves of groundwater
State of the river Prut General, Hypsometric and hydrographic map of Prut River Basin
Flood of 2010:Cause A fragment of space imagery of the distribution of heavy rainfall that caused flooding in the basin of the Prut River in the summer of 2010 Map of flood zones
Flood of 2010: Impact Evacuation of citizens Destruction of homes Flood zones of the river Prut, 2010
Flood of 2010: Impact assessment Flood of the river Prut, 2010. Manta Village, Lower Prut Region Flood of the river Prut, 2010. Sirauti Village on the border with Romania and Ukraine
Water Quality of Prut River National surfacewater monitoring network Prut river National groundwater monitoring network Prut river
Quality of Prut river wells Cantemir, Tartaul Leova, Seliste Briceni, Drepcauti Cahul, CrihanaVeche
State Program: Research and management on water quality 12 research projects organized in 5 clusters (scientific directions) Research directions: • Investigation of water quality and structure (Cluster A); • Surfacewater(Cluster B); • Groundwater(Cluster C); • Water supply and treatment (Cluster D); • Irrigation technologies(Cluster E).
Agricultural and Industrial Use of the River Prut Basin Heavily degraded grassland in the floodplain of river Prut (Cuhunesti, Glodeni) Map of state protected territories in the Prut Basin Map of irrigation systems in process of reconstruction