Aspects regarding the safety in operation of Dracsani reservoir

Abstract

The dam of Dracsani reservoir, located on Sitna river, is an earth dam with a maximum height of 5.35 m that provides a global retention to the canopy of 23.053 hm3 . Dracsani reservoir is one of the hydrotechnical constructions that were built to protect the downstream villages against the floods. This paper presents a brief description of the dam and it also focuses on aspects regarding the behaviour monitoring of Dracsani reservoir, during the flood that occurred on Sitna river in June - July 2018. Several exceeding of critical rainfall thresholds were highlighted at the rain gauge from the Dracsani reservoir. The exploitation of Dracsani reservoir was done with an increased degree of attention. The paper concludes that the flood was transited through the reservoir without major incidents.