With the aim to prevent construction of any water reservoirs, construction of water reservoirs is hindered in spite of the fact that they are aimed to give to the population good drinking water in places where no other water resources are available or if they are, their capacity and quality is insufficient.
Water reservoirs allow smooth supply of the population by drinking water also in places where the resources of underground water are unsuitable or insufficient (the economically most feasible way of transport of water), allow supply to a large number of consumption sites, allow regulated supply of drinking water (it is taken from a resource and only actual consumption is supplied to the site), ensure supply of good quality watery.
Without the Hrinova, Klenovec, and Malinec water reservoirs, it would be impossible to ensure development of water mains in the southern districts of the Banska Bystrica region, the Bukovec and Starina water reservoirs are inevitable resources of water in the East Slovakia region, the regions of upper Nitra and Ziar nad Hronom are supplied from the Turcek water reservoir, the regions of Kysuce and Zilina from the Nova Bystrica water reservoir.
The capacity of water reservoirs represents e.g. in Eastern Slovakia 22 % of the balance capacity of exploited resources, in the Banska Bystrica region its is even 29 %.
T. ELEK - In: Water Management Bulletin. - Year 43, No. 5(2000), p. 14-15.
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