In a commentary for Logos Press, Ilya Trombitsky, Director of the NGO Eco-TIRAS, noted that from June until the following spring, Moldova is in a period of seasonal low water availability of the Dniester. Without significant precipitation in the second half of spring, the river’s flow during the potentially dry period – summer and autumn – will hardly remain at the level of 100 cubic meters per second. This is fraught not only with a significant deterioration of the river’s ecosystem, but also with difficulties with municipal water supply.
A similar, though not so serious, situation with the river’s water content in the spring period was noted several years ago. This prompted the Moldovan and Ukrainian authorities to an interstate dialogue, as a result of which the Ukrainian side agreed to undertake the obligation to provide releases of Dniester water and maintain its flow at the mentioned level – 100 cubic meters per second. It is not clear whether this agreement will work this year.
The situation is complicated by the recent pollution of the Dniester. Obviously, the lower the flow, the higher the concentration of harmful substances in the river water.
