PRINCIPLES HYDROTECHNICAL AND ICHTHYOECOLOGICAL OF FUNCTIONING OF THE BELOZERSKY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF THE DNIEPER-BUG CHANNEL

Abstract

Almost every year, interstate meetings of the Belarusian-Ukrainian working group on the operation of the Beloozersk water supply system of the Dnieper-Bug canal take place. This is happening in the framework of the Agreement between the governments of the Republic of Belarus and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to discuss the issue of use and protection of transboundary waters [1]. In the 1950s, the Upper-Pripyat hydroelectric power station of the Beloozersk water supply system was built on the territory of Ratnivskyi district. Until 2012, the complex of hydropower facilities on the territory of Ukraine was on the balance sheet and operated by the company «Dnepro-Bug Waterway» of the Republic of Belarus. In 2012, these buildings were transferred to the balance of Ratnivskyi district by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Belarus. They also signed the Agreement on joint use and protection of transboundary waters (October 16, 2001) and the Rules of operation of the Beloozersk water supply system. These Rules were updated in 2010. Water supply from the Pripyat River to replenish the Dnieper-Bug canal of the Republic of Belarus is carried out using a system located in the Republic of Belarus (using Vyzhiv water intake located near the village of Zalukhovo, Ratniv district, Volyn region of Ukraine). The operation of the Belozersky water supply system should guarantee compliance with the stable hydrological regime of water in the Pripyat River and in the lakes Svyate, Volyanske, Bile, which are used as sources of water intake and accumulation for the navigable Dnieper-Bug canal.