Can the Tisza disaster 25 years ago be repeated?
Could the ecological disaster 25 years ago in the Tisza be repeated? – this is why water and nature conservationists are concerned. In January 2000, Cián was placed from the facility of the Aurul Mine Company in Nagybánya to the Lápos River, then to the Szamos and the Tisza, and now due to the collapse of the Praid salt mine, there was a lot of salt into the Korond stream and is on its way to the Hungarian section of the Maros and the Tisza. It is not known how much murderous salt concentrations can be diluted for wildlife, so water experts are watching the waters with concern.
According to Minister of Environment Mircea Fechet The high salt water of Mures will sooner or later reach Hungarytherefore the Romanian authorities officially informed the Hungarian authorities on Friday about the situation.
The Directorate General for Water He now informed Blikk in a statement about the current states. As was written, the Due As of June 5, 2025, the Lower Tisza Region Water Directorate will monitor the quality of the water coming to Hungary at several locations and check the salt content of the water.
« The salt concentration of water is currently lower than the permissible limit and compliant with the requirements.
The tenth day of the river basin of the upper Maros is held in II. degree water quality prevention preparedness. As part of this, the accredited water sampling group of the Board of Directors shall take measurements at 6 locations twice a day, which are carried out until the existence of Havaria. According to information from Romanian water bodies, in order to reduce the Great and Kisküllő water -rose salt contentthe water reservoirs on the upper river basin of the Mures are used to dilute water up to available stocks.
« We also provide irrigation water for agriculture, so we pay special attention to the parameters to meet the quality of irrigation water quality. If we measure higher than permissible values in Mures water, we will limit the irrigation water supply and notify the farmers » – they let me know.
