10.06.2023
Measurements have not shown pollution beyond the limit along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam on the river Dnieper in Ukraine. This is evident from the enhanced monitoring that Julian Popov, Minister of Environment and Water, ordered on 8 June to react to the disaster. The potential impact of the Dnieper water on the Black Sea is monitored. As of now none of the monitored ceilings regarding oil products, metals, and the radionuclides cesium-137 and tritium has been reached.
Pollution has been detected solely in the Odessa region and the Ministry of Environment and Water has assigned a mathematical modelling of the potential movement of the spill towards the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
The Ministry of Environment and Water requested to be provided with official information and facts and figures about the components of the environment in the territory of Romania and Moldova and the reply was that there are no indications of pollution in the vicinity of either country.
The Ministry of Tourism confirms that all Bulgarian Black Sea beach strips are clean and safe for basking and bathing.
The arms of the Ministry of Environment and Water – the Black Sea Basin Directorate (BSBD) – Varna and the Executive Environment Agency (ExEA), and the Varna Region Administration are equipped to react timely to any potential alarming situation caused by the pollution of the Bulgarian coastal marine waters.
