Vltava Basin chief calls for new dams and describes an unusual year
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- Petr Kubala says new dams are needed to protect water supplies and the Vltava ecosystem.
- The Orlík reservoir has reached its limit, so the Vltava River Basin Authority will draw on water from Slapy for the first time.
- Kubala said the reservoir level will fall but there is no crisis.
The Vltava River Basin Authority will use water from the Slapy reservoir for the first time after the Orlík reservoir reached its limit, its director general Petr Kubala said.
Kubala called for new dams, saying that without the existing reservoirs, barely a third as much water would flow through Prague. That would put pressure on both the river ecosystem and water withdrawals.
The level of the Slapy reservoir will now begin to fall. Kubala said the move reflects an unusual year, but reassured readers that no crisis is taking place.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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