Baikal has shoaled to a critical point

Established record of research in the twenty-first century for minimum water level in lake Baikal. The current level per centimeter below the previous record low, fixed in the 1st decade of may 2003.

Law enforcement agencies in the region told the actual level of water in the lake due to low water in the pool has reached 456,01 M., informs RIA Novosti. With all of this possible mark, which was established by the government of the Russian Federation, allowing uninterrupted home activity varies 457-456 meters above sea level. This means that to achieve the critical values are preserved only 1 centimeter.

Previously warned about this by the head of the hydrometeorological center of the Russian Federation Roman Vilfand. He stated that if the level of the inflow and discharge of water will not change, its number in the lake until the first of March may fall below the level set by the government.

With all this in late January, the Commission on emergency conditions Irkutsk region appealed to the local population with the desire to begin to conserve electricity and water. This treatment was associated with a steady decrease in its value in lake Baikal, the cause of which is contained in the activities of the Angara cascade. Irkutsk, Bratsk, Ust-Ilimsk and Boguchany station, which is on the flowing out of lake Baikal the river, lead to a strong outflow of water from the lake. Among other experts attribute the shallowing dry summer 2014.

Previously, the government of Buryatia announced the drop of water in the lake at 40 cm comparing with the characteristic, 2013. According to
The Ministry of emergency situations, the inflow into the lake in the summer and fall of 2014 as a consequence of water shortage amounted to 67% of normal volume. The government used the regime increased readiness in the Irkutsk region and Buryatia in connection with a very low water level in lake Baikal.

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