Joint usage of Belozerskaya water
feeding system of the Dnipro-Bug Canal
Vladimir Korneev
Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water
Resources (CRICUWR), Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Improved management of shared
water resources in the upper Pripyat
basin (ENVSEC 000 62859)
The project is looking for a practical solution for cross-border
management water flow in the upper Pripyat between Ukraine and
Belarus.
The countries have been unable to find a mutually acceptable
solution to the existing problems of water allocation on their own,
whereas the existing mechanisms of cooperation failed to fully
address it as well.
A successful solution will both eliminate a source of potential
disagreement over the use of water resources of the Pripyat basin,
and strengthen the culture of a cross-border dialogue over similar
cases between the involved countries.
Dniepro-Bug Canal (DBC)
Republic of Belarus
Beloozerskaya water feed system of DBC
Ukraine
The part of water flow from Ukrainian Upper Pripyat is discharging through
Vyzhevskiyi floodgate, for water feeding of Dnepro-Bug Canal (DBC), which
is situated at the territory of the Republic of Belarus, as a result in lowwater seasons Upper Pripyat could have the deficit of water to satisfy good
ecological state of natural water body. On the another hand the pass of
flood water of Upper Pripyat thought Vyzhevskiyi floodgate for reducing
flood areas at the territory of Ukraine, have a negative influence upon
technical state of Dnepro-Bug constructions, environment in the Republic
of Belarus by way of flooding. Therefore the problem of water regime
management of Upper Pripyat is a transboundary problem.
Project goals
The objective of the project is to
support sustainable management of
shared water resources in the upper
Pripyat basin.
This will be done through developing,
adopting, agreeing Operation Rules
Beloozerskaya water-feed system of
the Dniepro-Bug Canal
BY
UA
Lead agency and the project manager
UNEP ROE / GRID-Arendal
Nickolai Denisov
Partner agencies
UNDP, OSCE, UNECE
Local partners
Belarus Ministry of Transportation, including the Dnieper-Bug Waterway
enterprise (Pinsk)
Ukraine’s State Water Committee, including the Volyn Regional
Department
Ministries of Environment Protection (both countries)
Research Institutes: Central Research Institute for Complex Use of
Water Resources (CRICUWR, Minsk, Belarus),
Institute of Water Economy (Kiev, Ukraine)
Project duration
Start: June 2008
End: December 2009
For achievement of the goal, the joint belarussian-ukrainian complex
hydrological and hydroecological investigations of Upper Pripyat and
Beloozerskaya water feed system of DBC were organized and carried out
(in Summer 2008 and in Spring 2009), water-balance calculations and
anthropogenic assessment for different hydrological conditions and
different operating modes of Vyzhevskiyi floodgate were carried out.
Cross section of the river Pripyat downstream of the BWFS
150.5
150.0
July 2008 г.
water level (July 2008 г.)
March 2009 г.
water level (March 2009 г.)
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level, m BS
149.0
distance, m
BWFS DBC
Flow distribution at the Vyzhevsky floodgate in
low water periods.
Pripyat River
Current state (before project activity).
The points of
hydraulic and hydrological
estimations
during Spring 09 expedition
(high water conditions)
Beloe Lake
Khabarishensky Canal
Volyanskoe Lake
Svyatoe Lake
Pripyat River
Vyzhevsky Canal
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minimum dayly average during summer-autumn
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water disharge, m /sec
Minimum water discharges in River Pripyat upstream of BWFS of BDC (Pochapy village)
Average water discharges in the River Pripyat upstream of BWFS (Pochapy village)
for the different periods
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for summer period
for spring-summer period
for the summer-autumn period
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water discharge, m /sec
Maximum water discharges in the River Pripyat upstream of BWFS (Pochapy village)
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Curves of probabilities of distribution of the minimum monthly average water
discharges in Pripyat River for the summer-autumn period
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empirical curve
analytic curve Curves three-parameter Gamma-distribution
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probability, P(%)
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water discharge Q(m /sec)
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Curve V=f(Q) for river Pripyat downstream of BWFS
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water discharge Q, m3/sec
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average velocity, m/sec
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Curve Q=f(h) for river Pripyat downstream
of BWFS
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water discharge Q, m /sec
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water discharge, m /sec
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The limiting periods of hydrographers of flow of the river Pripyat (Pochapy village) for shallow
years
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2003
Minimum feasible discharge MFD=1 m**3/sec
Minimum feasible discharge MFD=1,7 m**3/s
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Calibration curve of the river Pripyat downstream of the BWFS
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Water discharge thought Vyzhevskiyi floodgate, m /sec
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Indications of depth-gauge, m
Calibration curves of the Vyzhevskiyi floodgate Q=f(h) depending on amount of dam beams
Recommendations on flow
distribution of the Pripyat River in
Verchnepripjatsky waterworks
facility were suggested on the
base of the minimum feasible
discharge (MFD) which can
provide the environmental
functioning of the river and flow
forming discharge.
River Pripyat downstream of BWFS
River Pripyat upstream of BWFS of DBC
On the hydrological feasibilities
MFD constituted 1.0 m3/sec,
according to the hydraulic
feasibilities on the required
conditions of the flowage MFD
constitutes 1.7 m3/sec, flow
forming discharge constitutes
6.0 m3/sec. MFD=1.0 m3/sec and
MFD=1.7 m3/sec are represented in
the Recommendations.
Graphic presentation of the Recommendations on flow distribution of
the Pripyat River in Verchnepripjatsky waterworks facility when the
water discharge is 6 m3/s over the waterworks facility
Digital relief model of
BWFS DBC
Beloozersky Canal
Flooded zones
of the territory
were
developed
Khabarishensky Canal
the water levels
of Beloe Lake
are
146,5 - 147,6
m
Volyanskoe Lake
Svyatoe Lake
Vyzhevsky Canal
Beloe Lake
Flooded zones
of the territory
The recommended range of water levels change
in the Lakes of Beloozerskaya water feed system is
0.4 m (from 146.8 – 147.2 m of Beloe Lake).
the water levels
of Beloe Lake
are
146,8 - 147,2 m
The range is defined on the grounds
of projects cameral activities
using digital relief model,
field hydrological Investigations
and water balance calculations.
∆S=109.35 hectares
∆V=4.15 million m3
Main result of the
Project Operation Rules of
Beloozerskaya waterfeed system
of the Dniepro-Bug Canal
Thank you for attention