No Excessive Pollution Detected on Bulgarian Black Sea Coast after “Nova Kakhovka” Dam Destruction: Ministry Reports

There are no data on excessive values ​​of pollution in the region of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast after the destruction of the “Nova Kakhovka” dam, located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. This is shown by the data from the enhanced monitoring, which the Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov commissioned on June 8 in connection with the incident.

The monitoring follows the potential impact of the waters along the course of the Dnieper River on the Black Sea. So far, no excesses have been found in any of the studied indicators – oil products, metals, the radionuclides cesium-137 and tritium, the government press service announced.

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The detected pollution is only in the Odesa regionas the Ministry of Education and Culture has assigned mathematical modeling of the potential spread of the spot to the Bulgarian Black Sea.

There are no data on pollution in the vicinity of Romania and Moldovaafter the MoEW requested official information and data on the state of the environmental components on the territory of both countries.

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The Ministry of Tourism confirms that all Bulgarian Black Sea beaches are clean and safe for tourists.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Black Sea Region Basin Directorate (Black Sea Region) – Varna, the Environmental Executive Agency (EEA) and the regional administration of the Varna region are ready to respond promptly to any potential alarming situation related to the pollution of the Bulgarian coastal sea waters.