In hot and dry March, the natural flow reservoirs of Crimea accumulated 7.79 million cubic meters more water than in February, the total water volume was 178.28 million cubic meters. It has been reported DEA News With reference to the Crimean hydrometeorological center.
At the same time, by April 1, 2022, 195 million cubic meters were accumulated in the natural reservoirs of Crimea, by April 2021 – only 61.4 million cubic meters due to a long drought.
According to the meteorological observation results, the average air temperature in the peninsula in March was +7.2°C and 2.3 degrees above normal. There was a significant shortage of precipitation per month, they fell on the peninsula unevenly, which affected the flows into the reservoirs: Belogorskoye – 9.7, Simferopol – 2.1, Schastlivoe – 3.4, Partizanskoye – 2.5, Chernorechenskoye – 11.1 million cubic meters.
In early March, the President of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov declarationExpressing that there is no risk in water supply to the peninsula, the President underlined that there is sufficient water in the region. He said that at the moment there are about 170 million cubic meters of water in the reservoirs of Crimea.