Water supply

Bulgaria's Minister of Environment and Water, Neno Dimov, has resigned and been charged with deliberate mismanagement of a water crisis. He faces further grilling over a scandal concerning transports of scrap from Italy.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov accepted his resignation on Friday. Dimov stepped down after being arrested on Thursday.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has met with Botevgrad Mayor Ivan Gavalyugugov to discuss the city's water supply. The mayor briefed the prime minister on the problems and the water situation in the area, the government press office reported. Botevgrad is supplied with water from the Bebresh dam.

As South Africa faces a serious water crisis, the country's water and sanitation minister urged people on Oct. 28 to use water sparingly before they start facing severe water restrictions.

In 2018, the population connected to the public water supply network accounted to 13.51 million persons, with the highest share recorded in urban area, 98.7 percent respectively, showed the data released on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

The water supply in Thessaloniki is being gradually restored after many parts of the northern port city found themselves cut off for several hours on Wednesday and Thursday.

On July 31, 2019 (Wednesday), in connection with the interconnection of street water plumbing at Gen. Ivan Kolev "Krustova Vada" quarter, it is necessary to stop the water supply from 09:00 to 21:00 for the customers of Sofiyska Voda living in the area of:

The declared state of emergency in Strelcha has been canceled, the local municipal administration informed.

The reason - problems with cleaning the affected facilities, reported NOVA TV. 

The declared state of emergency in Strelcha has been extended by seven days and will continue until June 24, according to BGNES.

On June 14th, 2019 (on Tuesday), in connection with the replacement of building plumbing on "Vladimir Georgiev" Str., Busmantsi village, it is necessary the water supply to be stopped from 09:30 until 17:00 to the customers of Sofiyska Voda  living in the area of" Nova Vrazhdebna ".

The Mayor of Strelcha declared a state of emergency on the territory of the municipality, reported BTA. 

The reason is the complicated meteorological situation, which had led to serious issues with the Strelcha water catchment area and necessity to take urgent measures to deal with the consequences.