MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC REPORT ON WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 2012 As of 31 December 2012 Report on Water Management in the Czech Republic in 2012 As of 31 December 2012 Te x t Department of State Administration of Water Management and River Basins Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Department of Water Protection Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic Editor-in-Chief Daniel Pokorný Eva Rolečková Jana Janková Jan Rauscher Production and Print Printer Kleinwächter Not for sale ISBN 978-80-7434-054-3 Each chapter is introduced with a picture from the children´s competition for pupils at primary and lower secondary school level on the topic of „on the same wave“, organized as part of the World Water Day 2013 celebration. Published by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Těšnov 17, 117 05 Prague 1, Czech Republic Internet: www.eagri.cz, e-mail:
[email protected] Prague 2013 Report on Water Management in the Czech Republic As of 31 December 2012 2012 Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic Report on Water Management in the Czech Republic in 2012 Contents 1. Hydrological balance 5 1.1 Temperature and precipitation 5 1.2 Runoff 7 1.3 Groundwater regime 7 2. Flood situations 9 2.1 Flood courses 9 2.2 Remedying flood damages 10 2.3 Remembrance of the 10th anniversary of the extraordinary flood 10 3. Quality of surface waters and groundwaters 13 3.1 Surface water quality 13 3.2 Groundwater quality 20 4.