Annual Status of the Environment Report - 2001


Water - West - Aegian region > Water resources

  • West - aegean region
  • Water resources

    The precipitation fallen in the region is from 490 to 742 l/m2, which account for 84%-154% of the annual norm. These figures for the last three years are as follows:

    • 2000 – from 240 to 669 l/m2, or 44% - 117%
    • 1999 – from 490 to 604 l/m2, or 90% - 104%
    • 1998 – from 473 to 647 l/m2, or 98% - 113%

    In 2001 the average sum of the precipitation of the reviewed 40 meteorological stations is 577 l/m3, 91.3% of the annual norm. The internal rivers’ outflow is 775.58 million m3 or 37% of the annual norm – recorded at 2 HMtS (Struma River-Krupnik village, Mesta River-Momina Kula place). The water resources formed by river water under disturbed conditions for the region are 775.58 million m3, or 37% of the annual norm – recorded at 2 HMtS (Struma River-Krupnik village, Mesta River-Momina Kula place).
    The characteristics of the water resources formed into the dam reservoirs are respectively:

    • river inflow – 79 million m3, or 44% of the annual norm;
    • efficient water outflow – 67 million m3;
    • available capacity at the end of 2001 – 83.7 million m3 (usable capacity – 39.1 million m3, or the usable capacity is 56% of the efficient capacity).

    The annual values of the natural river resources and their percentage on the annual norm fluctuate within the interval 55.44% (Struma River) – 71.67% (Mesta River) (table 2.8). Their amount is 2,147.8 million m3, which accounts for 61.76% of the annual norm. For the last three years the respective values were: 2,201.25 million m3, 3,117.1 million m3, and 3,886.6 million m3. The surface water natural resources of the areas lacking permanent rivers are 117.6 million m3, which accounts for 61.83% of the annual norm. The last three years are characterized by the following resources: 120.6 million m3, 170.5 million m3, and 212.96 million m3. Totally for the region the surface water natural resources are 2,265.4 million m3, which accounts for 61.77% of the annual norm.

    The last three years are characterized with the following resources: 2,321.85 million m3, 3,287.6 million m3, and 4,099.56 million m3 (fig. 2.44).

     
    Table 2.8

    N Basin Annual natural resource [m3.106] % of the annual norm
    1 Dospat 159.9 66.55
    2 Mesta 852.7 71.67
    3 Struma 1135.2 55.44
    4 Altogether 2147.8 58.57
    5 Areas lacking lacking
    permanent rivers
    117.60 61.83
    6 Total 2265.40 61.77
    7 Natural resource formed
    in foreign territories
    197.5 52.44

    In the region, natural resources are formed from foreign territories (Yugoslavia, Macedonia) amounting to 197.5 million m3, which accounts for 52.44% of the annual norm. In the last three year they were respectively: 212.75 million m3, 333.6 million m3, and 433.4 million m3.

    Last updated on: 2010/04/06 19:28:45.065 GMT+3