The Novomýnské Reservoirs Have Already Experienced an Ecological Disaster. Even After Years, They Are Vulnerable, Says a Zoologist

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The Nové Mlýny pod Pálavou waterworks have already experienced a lot. But the biggest disaster was covered up by the communists in 1984, when an estimated one million vertebrates died in the upper reservoir. The tragedy was caused by organic deposits, as well as cyanobacteria last year and this year. Zoologist Miroslav Šebela, who describes the event in his book Živá voda (Zločin) pod Pálavou, was there at the time. According to him, the same th…