Dams are 17% full compared to April 2025, the Ministry of Environment and Water reports. The sum of the available stored volumes in complex and significant dams is 5141.6 million cubic meters, which represents 78.67% of their total volume.
The dams “Kamchia“, “Assenovets“, “Pchelina“ and “Pancharevo“ are overflowing. The dams “Kamchia“, “Assenovets“ and “Pchelina“, and over 90% are the dams “Srechenska bara“, “Hristo Smirnenski“, “Yovkovtsi“, “Ticha“, “Yasna polyana“, “Borovitsa“, “Studena“, “Domlyan“, “Topolnitsa“, “Alexander Stamboliyski“ and “We Scream“.
With the onset of the spring season and the expected high water, if necessary, the companies managing the complex and significant dams are taking measures to ensure free volumes through preventive release of water masses in order to absorb the increased inflow and maintain the levels within optimal limits, the Ministry of Environment and Water writes.
According to data from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, today and tomorrow the weather will be almost without precipitation, with the exception of short-term precipitation in the mountainous regions of Southwestern Bulgaria. On Wednesday, there will be short-term precipitation, accompanied by thunderstorms in places in Western and Northern Bulgaria, while on Thursday precipitation will cover the entire country, with an increased probability that in individual regions they will be intense and significant in quantity.
Today and tomorrow, April 28, river levels will decrease or will remain without significant changes. As a result of the rainfall on April 29 and 30, river levels are expected to rise, but water quantities will remain below the warning thresholds, the Ministry of Environment and Water also stated.
The Ministry reminds local authorities to implement the measures provided for in the Flood Risk Management Plans 2022 - 2027 and to monitor current hydrometeorological information and forecasts for dangerous phenomena published on the official website of the Ministry.