Dniester River Basin
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The Dniester River is a transboundary river with a length of 1352 km, which starts in the Ukrainian Carpathians, flows through Moldova and reaches Ukraine again near the Black Sea. More than 5 million people populate its basin. In the Soviet times the water basin was managed as one system, but since 1991 Moldova and Ukraine have been separately managing their respective parts. The Dniester is the main source of drinking water in Moldova and a significant part of Ukraine, especially the City of Odessa.
Environmental issues in the Dniester River Basin
The Dniester is currently facing severe environmental problems due to pollution and impacts associated with the water flow regime. The environmental degradation of the Dniester River is exacerbated by the Transdniestrian conflict, which inter alia impacts negatively on the use of joint infrastructure for waste water treatment. The problem takes on transboundary dimensions as polluted water flows into Moldova from Ukraine and there after back into Ukraine again and is discharged into the Black Sea south-west of the City of Odessa.
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Further Readings, References, Links
Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Newly Independent States
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
Transboundary Waters Experience - Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (TWME-ECCA
Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan - Formation of a Chu-Talas Rivers Commission : Formation of a River Basin Commission to manage the transboundary Chu-Talas rivers.
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