Floods in the Maritza river basin: risk analysis
and evaluation, mobilization of information sources for floods impact decrease
The project region is parts of Maritza river basin on both sides of Bulgarian-Turkish border, suffering from floods.
The main goal of this project is floods risk decrease, which is a part of the negative
impact of some environmental elements. The project will evaluate the risk of flooding in the populated
areas on both sides of Bulgarian-Turkish border, mainly along the Rodopes tributaries of the rivers
Arda and Maritza and at the inflows of Arda and Tundja in Maritza near the town of Odrin( Edirne).
On the basis of historical hydro-meteorological information and information about the damage, the
project will define critical water level values for Maritza river and its tributaries that rise a
risk for the people and their property, an operational database will be created that will include
indicative information for floods development, which will be accessible through Internet.
All gathered
information will be summarized in a project document defining necessary investment in equipment and
infrastructure in order to build floods warning system, and a system of measures aimed at floods risk decrease
The specific objectives of the project are:
effective co-operation between the institutions creating hydro-meteorological information
and expertise in the region and decision-making support for the local authorities in cases of emergency.;
reating a generally accessible source of information about generation and development of
natural disasters and floods in the border regions;
building the ground necessary for future projects aimed at improving the infrastructure
and instruments for operational forecast, prevention and diminishing of damages caused from inundations.
Национален институт по метеорология и хидрология, Българска академия на науките (НИМХ)
National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Science (NIMH-BAS)