“The situation on the Dniester River is improving slightly thanks to the rainfall in recent days. Given that there has also been local rainfall in the Carpathian Mountains, discharges from the Novodnistrovsk Reservoir increased to 40 cubic metres per second on Sunday, compared with an average of approximately 30 cubic metres per second over the past two weeks,” the minister stated.

According to Hajder, the increased water flow, together with recent rainfall in Moldova, has led to a 14-centimetre rise in the water level at Cosăuți over the past 24 hours.

“In the coming period, we expect a slight rise in water levels along the entire course of the Dniester, as well as increased flows in other river sections, including tributaries,” the minister said.

However, Hajder cautioned that the improvement is not sufficient to resolve the problem in the long term, as the situation depends entirely on weather conditions.

He also emphasised that the rainfall with the greatest impact on the river’s water levels is not necessarily the precipitation recorded in Chisinau, but rather the rainfall in the upper Dniester River basin, where substantial volumes of water need to accumulate.

The authorities will continue to monitor the situation as weather conditions and river flows evolve.