The government will approve the composition of the National Water Board and its chairman tomorrow, it became clear after today's first meeting of the board, convened by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov.
Minister of Regional Development Ivan Ivanov stated that coordination between institutions in water resources management in the country must be established and added:
"And from now on, we see the work of the board in two directions – specific solutions for the problem regions and strategic long-term solutions for the entire country, which require that work on them has started literally yesterday. Specifically, the work of the board will look like this – targeted investments in the water supply network, the development of new water sources and the management of riverbeds as an important part of the activity is water quality, not just its availability".
The next meeting of the National Water Board will be next week.