The particularities of use and management of water resources in the Danube-Black Sea hydrographical space (the sector of Republic of Moldova)
Keywords:
river basin, water use, agriculture, householdAbstract
The hydrographical space Danube-Black Sea (HS DBS) has an insignificant contribution in supplying water to the Republic of Moldova. The reduced share of HS DBS is due both to its small size and to the presence of only small and medium rivers, and to the pronounced agrarian rural character of the region of study. Except the Hadjider river basin, in other river basins and administrative districts from HS DBS, most of waters (> 80%) are abstracted from underground sources. Over 2/3 of abstracted water is used for agricultural purposes (including 17% for irrigation), ≈ ¼ for household and only 3.6% for technological purposes.