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INTERREG IIIB CADSES
RIVER SHIELD 5D189
Protecting Rivers from
Industrial Accidents
“Preliminary Risk Assessment of
Industrial Accidents along the rivers
Struma and Mesta”
Warsaw, April 26 th , 2007
Assoc. Prof. Yordan Uzunov, PhD
Foundation “Regional Development”

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Each of the questions, respectively correct answers, related to the Risk
Assessment Procedure is of great importance for reducing the threat of loses
and/or damages of the:
v human lives and health;
v natural and industrial resources, incl. arable land and biodiversity;
v material goods, incl. industrial facilities, infrastructure, human settlements, etc.
This is why the detailed knowledge about potential sources of risks from industrial
accidents makes possible planning actions of both prevention and mitigation of the
accidents consequences.
The present report is based on data kindly granted mostly by the Executive
Environmental Agency (EEA, Sofia) and West Aegean River Basin Directorate
(WABD, Blagoevgrad).
This presentation will offer to your kind attention a general picture of risky activities
in the industrial sector as follows from the title and content of the current project.

Basin of the Struma River
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General data:
Watershed is generally mountainous and
takes the South-Western part of the
Bulgaria, bordering with Serbia, Macedonia
and Greece.
The total surface of the watershed is about
10 797 sq. km, which is about 10% of the
country territory or the second largest
basin in Bulgaria.
The total length of the Struma River is about 290 km in Bulgaria, , and some 115 km within
Greece.
42 tributaries of 1 st and 2 nd order feed the main coarse of the Struma River.
The river is of great importance for the population and its economic omic activities along
the watershed. All municipalities alongside the Struma River are included within the
South-Western Economic Development Region, , incl. districts of Pernik, Kyustendil
and Blagoevgrad.

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Coal mining,
energy production,
Coal mining, energy production, glass,
food industry, etc.
Machinery Construction
Livestock farms
Pharmaceuticals
Incinerator
Food & Vegetables
Brewery, meat processing,
winery, livestock farms, etc.
Coal mining
Food Industry, Winery
Winery
Food & Vegetables

Sensitive areas along the Struma River
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The river Struma accepts a
load of about 160 000 p.e. as
generated by the industry
within the basin:
Brewery
Wine and beverage production
Fruits and vegetables processing
Livestock farms
Slaughterhouses s and meat
products
Milk processing and dairy
products
Pharmaceuticals
Other food products
Coal mining
Thermal energy production
Machinery construction, etc.

Basin of the Mesta River
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General data:
Watershed is generally mountainous and
takes the South-Western part of the
Bulgaria, bordering with the Greece.
The total surface of the watershed is about
2 800 sq. km, with man altitude of the main
course 1300 m a.s.l. – the highest watershed
in the country.
The total length of the Mesta River is about
126 km in Bulgaria, and some 140 km within
the Greece.
The main river accepts the discharge of 25 tributaries, , of them Dospat River enters Mesta into
Greece.
Municipalities of the Mesta Basin which belong to the district of o Blagoevgrad are also included
into .
the South-Western Economic Development Region. . The valley of the tributary Dospat R.
is outside this region.

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Paper & Cardboard
production
Wood processing & Furniture
Livestock
Food industry, Meat
processing
Sports shoes production

Sensitive areas along the Mesta River
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The river Mesta accepts a load
of about 42 000 p.e. as
generated by the industry
within the basin:
Livestock farms
Slaughterhouses s and meat
products
Milk processing and dairy
products
Other food products
Paper & Cardboard production
Wood Processing & Furniture
TANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION!