Orlík Is Almost Empty, on Friday They Will Start Helping the Flow of the Vltava River Slapy
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The Vltava River Basin will reduce the outflow from the Orlík Dam on Friday due to the ongoing drought. At the same time, the Slapy Dam will begin to be released. This will happen for the first time in the history of the Vltava Cascade.
The Orlická dam began reducing its outflow on Friday due to a hydrological drought. The water level in it dropped by 15 meters compared to the normal level. The reservoir will now start releasing only the same amount of water that flows into it, which is now approximately 15 cubic meters per second. For the first time in history, the Vltava River Basin will use the storage space of the Slapská dam, which will replenish the water in the rivers. T…
Despite the extreme hydrological drought, there is plenty of water in the Vltava cascade. The Orlík dam will reduce its outflow on Friday due to a drop in water level to 334.6 meters above sea level. For the first time in history, the Vltava River Basin will use water supplies from the Slapy reservoir, which is downstream of the river closer to Prague. Together, Orlík and Slapy contain 47 percent of the normal water volume.
In the Vltava Cascade, despite the extreme hydrological drought, there is plenty of water. On Friday, due to a drop in the level to 334.6 meters above sea level, the Orlická Dam will reduce runoff and for the first time in history, the Vltava River basin will use the water supply from the Slap reservoir. Altogether, there is 47 percent of the normal water volume in Orlík and Slapy. Even if the situation did not change and precipitation did not i…
The Vltava River Basin is preparing to reduce the outflow from the Orlík Dam due to an extreme hydrological drought. Due to low inflows and lack of precipitation, the level of the Orlík River is about 15 meters below normal. On Friday, it will drop to 334.6 meters above sea level and the basin will start using the storage space of the Slapy Reservoir to improve the flow in the rivers. This situation will occur for the first time in the history o…
Due to the level of the Orlík River, which is about 15 meters below normal, the Vltava River Basin will reduce the outflow from the dam. For the first time in history, it will start using the storage space of the Slapy Reservoir to supplement the rivers.
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