The management plan was developed for the Dniester basin district, which is part of the Black Sea basin. The Dniester River is the main source of water in the region, since underground fresh water reserves are insignificant. All waterbodies in the space of the Republic of Moldova belong to two basin districts: (i) Danube-Prut and Black Sea and (ii) Dniester. Dniester Basin Management Plan classifies surface water and groundwater deposits in accordance with water quality standards. In the Dniester district is extracted and used for drinking and medicinal purposes a wide variety of mineral and table waters. Water quality and the state of the environment in general in the Dniester River basin on the territory of the country are caused by numerous loads and impacts of geodynamic and anthropogenic origin to which are subject aquatic areas. Based on this, the definition of loads and impacts should be considered as constant and absolutely necessary work to reduce them through activities, reasoned from scientific and economic points of view, with the aim of ensuring their sustainability and environmental quality in the Dniester district. Detailed analysis of climate resources in the Dniester district, vulnerability of water resources and adaptation scenarios to climate change indicates that climate change poses serious challenges to current management of water resources, mostly due to the increase in unpredictability. This conclusion supports the idea of applying a new way of managing water resources, which will reduce vulnerability to climate change. This goal shall be reached by the approach to management at the district and basin level as applied in the Dniester Basin Management Plan. Economic and financial instruments regulating the use and management of water resources are: (a) fees for water consumption, applied to primary consumers who have their own sources and facilities for water intake and water supply; (b) water tariffs applied to secondary water consumers receiving water from primary consumers and/or operators of water supply and sewerage services; (c) fees for water pollution; (d) fines for violation of legislation on water use and protection of water and domestic and industrial waterworks; (e) damage caused to surface and underground waters, water sources and systems, sewer networks and hydraulic structures; (f) subsidies for the expansion and modernization of water supply and sewerage systems; and (g) fee to cover/compensate for damage caused to biological water resources. Public participation is one of the core principles of sustainable water resources management.
Republic of Moldova · 2017-10-17