27% of the water bodies on the Black Sea coast inspected by the Ministry of Environment and Water have violations. This was stated by Minister Manol Genov after analyzing the results of the inspection carried out by teams after the floods of October 3.
Over 20 sites have been inspected, covering 52 river sections - 16 on the Northern and 36 on the Southern Black Sea coast. The regulations have been complied with in 38%, while the rest require cleaning and monitoring. The most affected are St. Vlas, Elenite, Lozenets, Tsarevo, Sunny Beach and Varna. Natural areas under protection such as those along the Ropotamo, Veleka, Karaagach and Butamyata rivers are in good condition.
During the field visits, the inspectors identified 14 river sections with impaired conductivity, 7 covered or inserted into pipes, 9 with construction on them, corrections were made in 6, 5 were corrected and cleaned. Only 8 sections were uncorrected, but cleaned, 10 were uncorrected and not cleaned, and there were no violations in only 20 sections.
„We also found that in many places returned sections are not reflected in the cadastral maps. This is not a mistake of the cadastre. When they made these maps, someone should have declared it to the relevant companies that were hired", explained Genov.
The causes of the disastrous situation have also been analyzed. The floods on the Southern Black Sea Coast, including in the Elenite and Tsarevo regions, are the result of a critical combination of natural and anthropogenic factors and failure to comply with explicit legal procedures - a combination that led to fatal consequences, the analysis shows.