The Trend of Decreasing of the Generated Municipal Waste Continues and in 2016 the Quantity Drops to 2881 Thousand Tons

The National Statistical Institute presents to the users results from annual surveys in the domain of environmental statistics for 2016.

Compared with the previous year in 2016 significant changes are not recorded in the volume of water abstracted at the national level. In 2016, abstracted freshwaters for the economy is estimated to 5 689 million m3 or by about 1.1% more compared to 2015. This increase is formed mainly by abstraction from surface sources, while the abstraction of water from groundwater sources remained stable. Decline in abstraction from artificial reservoirs by 8.3% compared to 2015 to 2 222 million m3 are registered whereas water abstraction from Danube river increased.

In 2016 structure of water abstracted on national level is relatively stable 15.4% from fresh water are abstracted from Public water supply, for Agriculture, forestry and fishing - 16.0%, Energy cooling - 64.6% , Other - 4.0%.

Water is provided through public water supply, irrigation systems or self-supply. The total use of freshwater and non-freshwater for economy in 2016 is estimated at 4 721 million m3 compared stable with the previous year. The main factor have water for cooling processes in the energy sector, as it accounts for 78% of the water used in the country and there is no change in comparison to year 2015. Water used for irrigation in the agricultural sector declined - by 3.3% compared to 2015 to 306 million m3 . Water consumption in the service sector also decreased, while water use from households remains the same. There are no significant changes in the structure of water-use activities compared to 2015.

99.3 % of the population in the country is connected with the public water supply. Household water consumption in 2016 is estimated to 100...