Hydrologists warn of a prolonged natural hydrological event of the third level of danger associated with very low water levels in a number of rivers in the western regions of Ukraine. This concerns the period from 1 to 15 October.
According to the forecast, rivers in the Dniester basin within Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi regions, as well as in the basins of the San (Lviv region) and the Western Bug (Lviv and Volyn regions), will continue to experience a low summer–autumn low-water regime.
Water levels will remain close to the lowest recorded over the entire multi-year observation period, and in some places will be even lower. River discharge is expected to be low, and in certain reaches will be at or below the low-water threshold.
In places, river channels will remain heavily overgrown with aquatic vegetation, and on some small rivers flow may cease completely, leaving only standing water. Such conditions will continue to complicate the operation of the region’s water management system. A brown level of danger has been declared.