1. Current state of Prut River Acad. Prof. Gheorghe Duca President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova 1 10 th of April 2013 4 th DANUBE ACADEMIES CONFERENCE Science and European Danube Strategy

2. General context 2 Water resources of Moldova:  3621 rivers and rills with total length about 16.000 km,  4117 natural lakes and artificial ponds,  7.000 fountains  166.500 wells of groundwater. 13,2 bill. m 3 - surface of water resources 2,8 bill. m 3 - reserves of groundwater

3. State of the river Prut 3 General, Hypsometric and hydrographic map of Prut River Basin

4. Flood of 2010: Cause 4 A fragment of space imagery of the distribution of heavy rainfall that caused flooding in the basin of the Prut River in the summer of 2010 Map of flood zones

5. Flood of 2010: Impact 5 Evacuation of citizens Destruction of homes Flood zones of the river Prut, 2010

6. Flood of 2010: Impact assessment 6 Flood of the river Prut, 2010. Sirauti Village on the border with Romania and Ukraine Flood of the river Prut, 2010. Manta Village, Lower Prut Region

7. Water Quality of Prut River 7 National surfacewater monitoring network Prut river National groundwater monitoring network Prut river

8. Quality of Prut river wells 8 Leova, Seliste Cantemir, Tartaul Briceni, Drepcauti Cahul, Crihana Veche

9. State Program: Research and management on water quality 12 research projects organized in 5 clusters (scientific directions) Research directions: Investigation of water quality and structure (Cluster A); Surfacewater (Cluster B); Groundwater(Cluster C); Water supply and treatment (Cluster D); Irrigation technologies(Cluster E). 9

10. Agricultural and Industrial Use of the River Prut Basin 10 Map of state protected territories in the Prut Basin Heavily degraded grassland in the floodplain of river Prut (Cuhunesti, Glodeni) Map of irrigation systems in process of reconstruction

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13. 13 WELCOME TO MOLDOVA !